BACTERIAL HYPERPLASTIC CANKER
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Almond

SOURCE:
P. Psallidas
DISEASE:
Bacterial hyperplastic canker
HOST:
Almond
(Prunus dulcis)
Diseased tree with multiple cankers. Margins of cankers are rough, soft, cheesy, dark brown, and have scalloped water-soaked spots that turn brown. Multiple cankers may girdle and kill small twigs.
PATHOGEN:
Pseudomonas amygdali