BACTERIAL MUSHY CANKER
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Papaya

SOURCE:
E. Trujillo
DISEASE:
Bacterial mushy canker
HOST:
Papaya
(Carica papaya)
This disease (Micronesia) differs from bacterial decline by causing blackish, water-soaked, mushy cankers near or in leaf axils or on young stems.
PATHOGEN:
Erwinia sp.