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 gall
HOST: Wisteria (Japanese wisteria)
Multiple galls on trunk.

Bacterial gall | Wisteria (Japanese wisteria)
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Wisteria (Japanese wisteria) (Wisteria floribunda)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea agglomerans pv. millettiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia herbicola pv. millettiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Wisteria (Japanese wisteria)
Gall on branch.

Bacterial gall | Wisteria (Japanese wisteria)
DISEASE: Bacterial gall
HOST: Wisteria (Japanese wisteria) (Wisteria floribunda)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea agglomerans pv. millettiae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia herbicola pv. millettiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Sheath brown rot
HOST: Rice
Disease symptoms typically occur on flag leaf sheaths from booting to heading stage and also on panicles. Water-soaked lesions on glumes turn light brown.

Sheath brown rot | Rice
DISEASE: Sheath brown rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia fuscovaginae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas fuscovaginae
SOURCE: K. Miyajima, M. Goto
DISEASE: Sheath brown rot
HOST: Rice
Close-up of stem lesions.

Sheath brown rot | Rice
DISEASE: Sheath brown rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia fuscovaginae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas fuscovaginae
SOURCE: K. Miyajima, M. Goto