BACTERIAL WILT
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Squash

SOURCE:
B. Jacobsen, M. Shurtleff
DISEASE:
Bacterial wilt
HOST:
Squash
(Cucurbita maxima)
Field with severe symptoms of wilt. Foliage often is chlorotic and leaf margins may be chlorotic and necrotic before plant death. Bacterial ooze may be seen streaming from the xylem when infected stems are cut.
PATHOGEN:
Erwinia tracheiphila