BACTERIAL FOOT ROT
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Rice

SOURCE:
M. Goto
DISEASE:
Bacterial foot rot
HOST:
Rice
(Oryza sativa)
The disease causes sheaths to turn dark brown and rot; dead leaves droop. Nodes, culms, and crowns also decay, and infected tillers are easily detached from the crown. Culms and internodes turn black.
PATHOGEN:
Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae