BACTERIAL BLIGHT
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Cassava

SOURCE:
A. Hayward
DISEASE:
Bacterial blight
HOST:
Cassava
(Manihot esculenta)
Cassava with angular leaf spots and yellow ooze. Symptoms include leaf spots, wilt, and dieback. The bacterium frequently invades systemically.
PATHOGEN:
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Xanthomonas campestris pv. manihotis