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DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana

Cross sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. This disease is also known as Mokillo disease.

Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia

SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana

Longitudinal sections of fruit with internal discoloration and rot. Healthy (right).

Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia

SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana

Diseased banana hand with external discoloration.

Bacterial finger-tip rot | Banana

DISEASE: Bacterial finger-tip rot

HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)

PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cenocepacia

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cenocepacia

SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen

DISEASE: Greasy center

HOST: Poinsettia

Stem with dark cankers and copious ooze. Necrotic areas are greasy in appearance and eventually turn light tan to brown with a papery texture as the cuticle becomes detached.

Greasy center | Poinsettia

DISEASE: Greasy center

HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas viridiflava

SOURCE: R. Raabe

DISEASE: Western wetwood

HOST: Elm

Spokelike, discolored extensions that expanded into sapwood, following an injection with a fungicide. The causal agent is not known but symptoms are associated with bacteria and yeast.

Western wetwood | Elm

DISEASE: Western wetwood

HOST: Elm (Ulmus americana)

PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown

SOURCE: W. Sinclair