DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato
Close-up of bird's-eye spots on green fruit.
Bacterial canker | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium michiganense
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato
Ripe tomato infected with Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, which causes light brown lesions surrounded by white halos, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, which causes small, black, raised lesions.
Bacterial canker | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium michiganense
SOURCE: M. Schroth
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