DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Oat
Leaf with long, dark red streaks.

Bacterial leaf streak | Oat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Oat (Avena sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis
SOURCE: L. Claflin
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: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass
Lesions on leaves first appear as water-soaked, translucent, long, narrow streaks. They later turn brown and necrotic and often coalesce into blighted areas.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheatgrass
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass (Elytrigia intermedia)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass
Close-up of leaf with brown necrotic streaks.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheatgrass
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheatgrass (Elytrigia intermedia)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis
SOURCE: S. Mohan