DISEASE: Bacterial pustule
HOST: Soybean
Early symptoms are minute, pale green spots on young leaves. Later, small pustules form in the center of spots, best observed on underside of leaves. Spots vary in size and darken with age and lesions coalesce. Dead areas are torn away by wind.
Bacterial pustule | Soybean
DISEASE: Bacterial pustule
HOST: Soybean (Glycine max)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Chocolate spot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Leaf with dark brown, elongated spots surrounded by broad, yellow halos.
Chocolate spot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Chocolate spot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
SOURCE: D. White
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat
Oat leaves with oval lesions that darken in time and have distinctive yellow halos.
Halo blight | Oat
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat (Avena sativa)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat
Close-up of young and old lesions surrounded by halos.
Halo blight | Oat
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Oat (Avena sativa)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Geranium with wilted, yellow necrotic leaves.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Pitted and hollow stems, one of the disease symptoms.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium
Discolored stem caused by systemic infection of the pathogen.
Pith necrosis | Geranium
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Geranium (Pelargonium sp.)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Magyarosy, D. Thomas
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato
Cracked, dry, hollow stems with internal necrosis.
Pith necrosis | Tomato
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato
External necrotic stem tissues. Initial symptoms include chlorosis of young leaves. Wilting may occur when disease is severe.
Pith necrosis | Tomato
DISEASE: Pith necrosis
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas corrugata
SOURCE: K. Natsuaki, M. Goto