GOSS'S BACTERIAL WILT AND BLIGHT
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Corn (Maize)

SOURCE:
A. Vidaver
DISEASE:
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST:
Corn (Maize)
(Zea mays)
Wilted, dying plants. Leaves have gray to light yellow stripes and irregular margins that follow leaf veins. Systemically infected plants usually have orange vascular bundles.
PATHOGEN:
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Corynebacterium nebraskense