HOLLOW STALK
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Tobacco

SOURCE:
APS
DISEASE:
Hollow stalk
HOST:
Tobacco
(Nicotiana tabacum)
Infection of flue-cured tobacco stalks occur at wound sites caused by topping. After top infection, browning of pith occurs and tissues rot.
PATHOGEN:
Pectobacterium carotovorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora