BACTERIAL FOOT ROT
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Rice

SOURCE:
M. Goto
DISEASE:
Bacterial foot rot
HOST:
Rice
(Oryza sativa)
Decayed culms (right) and healthy culms (left). Leaf sheaths of infected plants exhibit dark brown decay and attached leaves turn yellow and wilt.
PATHOGEN:
Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae