BACTERIAL HEART ROT AND FRUIT COLLAPSE
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Pineapple

SOURCE:
G. Taniguchi
DISEASE:
Bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse
HOST:
Pineapple
(Ananas comosus)
Necrosis and rot at bases of central heart leaves (whorl) with dark borders at margins between diseased and healthy tissues.
PATHOGEN:
Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia chrysanthemi