BACTERIAL BLIGHT
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Rice

SOURCE:
T. Mew
DISEASE:
Bacterial blight
HOST:
Rice
(Oryza sativa)
Gradation in blight symptoms. The disease begins as water-soaked streaks on leaves, which increase in length and width, becoming yellow and then white.
PATHOGEN:
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae