PINK DISEASE
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Pineapple

SOURCE:
K. Rohrbach
DISEASE:
Pink disease
HOST:
Pineapple
(Ananas comosus)
Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.
PATHOGEN:
Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Pantoea citrea