BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT
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Barley

SOURCE:
D. Sands
DISEASE:
Bacterial leaf blight
HOST:
Barley
(Hordeum vulgare)
Diseased barley plants with typical bleaching of flag leaves. Initial symptoms are water-soaked lesions that later coalesce. Eventually, the entire leaf becomes necrotic and edges roll inward.
PATHOGEN:
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae