BACTERIAL WILT
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Bird-of-Paradise

SOURCE:
T. Saito, M. Goto
DISEASE:
Bacterial wilt
HOST:
Bird-of-Paradise
(Strelitzia reginae)
Bird-of-paradise (sliced section) with rotted stele in diseased rhizome. Note discolored vascular bundles of leaf petioles.
PATHOGEN:
Ralstonia solanacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Pseudomonas solanacearum