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: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
Longitudinal sections of diseased rhizomes with discolored vascular tissues.

Bacterial soft rot | Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) (Wasabia japonica)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium wasabiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
Longitudinal section of rhizome with discolored vascular bundles (left), and rhizome with external symptoms (right).

Bacterial soft rot | Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) (Wasabia japonica)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium wasabiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
Cross section of rhizome with dark, infected vascular bundles.

Bacterial soft rot | Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot
HOST: Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) (Wasabia japonica)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium wasabiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae
SOURCE: G. Rodriguez
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
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion
This was the first photo of onion leaf blight, which was considered a controversial finding for 10 years until an outbreak occurred in the West Indies.

Xanthomonas leaf blight | Onion
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. allii
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion
Diseased leaf with necrotic internal tissues.

Xanthomonas leaf blight | Onion
DISEASE: Xanthomonas leaf blight
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. allii
SOURCE: A. Alvarez