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DISEASE: Angular leaf spot

HOST: Tobacco

Leaf with light brown, angular spots. The difference between this disease and wildfire of tobacco is that wildfire is caused by a strain that produces tabtoxin. It causes conspicuous halos around lesions and large parts of a leaf may turn yellow .

DISEASE: Angular leaf spot

HOST: Tobacco

Yellowing of adjacent tissues occur as spots age (midseason). It causes conspicuous halos around lesions. Large parts of a leaf may turn yellow.

DISEASE: Angular leaf spot

HOST: Tobacco

Severely diseased leaf with extensive yellowing.

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.

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.

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.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

DISEASE: Pink disease

HOST: Pineapple

Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).

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.