DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm
Palm with advanced stage of heart rot. Symptoms of mature palms include rapid browning and desiccation of foliage, rot of roots and buds, and aborted fruits.
Bacterial heart rot | Palm
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Drippy nut disease
HOST: Oak
Ooze from young twig inoculated with Brenneria quercina.
Drippy nut disease | Oak
DISEASE: Drippy nut disease
HOST: Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
PATHOGEN: Brenneria quercina
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia quercina
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Drippy nut disease
HOST: Oak
Ooze from infected acorn. Copious ooze drips from infected acorns, leaving sticky spots on objects under tree canopy. Infections are associated with insect oviposit wounds.
Drippy nut disease | Oak
DISEASE: Drippy nut disease
HOST: Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
PATHOGEN: Brenneria quercina
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia quercina
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach, A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm
Palm in Columbia with severe yellowing of leaves.
Sudden death (Wilt) | Palm
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm
Palm with desiccated, wilted leaves, a symptom of the disease.
Sudden death (Wilt) | Palm
DISEASE: Sudden death (Wilt)
HOST: Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis