DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn at intermediate stage of disease development.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Plant with decay of growing point and stalk. Other bacterial species also cause stalk rot, including Pectobacterium carotovorum.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn with tan, water-soaked, slimy stalk tissue.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: D. White
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease typically occurs midseason and causes tan to dark brown, water-soaked, rotted tissues at base of whorl. Uppermost leaves may wilt.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Corn exhibiting symptoms at early stage of disease. Note water-soaked external stalk tissues.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays 'Pukekohe')
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Sorghum
Row of severely diseased plants.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Sorghum
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Sorghum
Water-soaking and necrosis of severely diseased leaves.

Bacterial stalk and top rot | Sorghum
DISEASE: Bacterial stalk and top rot
HOST: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Longitudinal section of defined brown gum pockets on inner surface of root bark.

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa
Infected plant (left) with typical symptoms of stunting and chlorosis. Other characteristic symptoms are spindly stems and small distorted leaflets. Healthy plant (right).

Bacterial wilt | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus
SOURCE: S. Thomson