BACTERIAL BLAST AND BLACK PIT
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Citrus (Lime)

SOURCE:
P. Broadbent
DISEASE:
Bacterial blast and black pit
HOST:
Citrus (Lime)
(Citrus sp.)
Characteristic symptoms of brownish black lesions on twigs and leaves (blast), starting with infection of petioles. Black pit refers to brown to black sunken spots on fruit, 5 to 20 mm in diameter.
PATHOGEN:
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae