DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation)
HOST: Campanula
Overproduction of new shoots and short, thickened, distorted stems.
Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation) | Campanula
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation)
HOST: Campanula (Campanula sp.)
PATHOGEN: Rhodococcus fascians
SOURCE: M. Putnam
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation)
HOST: Candytuft
The disease causes production of multiple shoots.
Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation) | Candytuft
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation (Shoot proliferation)
HOST: Candytuft (Iberis sp.)
PATHOGEN: Rhodococcus fascians
SOURCE: M. Putnam
DISEASE: Periwinkle yellows
HOST: Periwinkle
Leaves with characteristic yellow and chlorotic appearance. Yellowing is first associated with veins.
Periwinkle yellows | Periwinkle
DISEASE: Periwinkle yellows
HOST: Periwinkle (Vinca sp.)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma (undefined)
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry
Comparison of normal, dark cherries (in hand) with infected, immature cherries with less pigmentation.
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus avium)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: A. Purcell, M. Davis
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry
Healthy cherry shoot (left) and stunted shoot (right).
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus avium)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry
Infected trees on 'Mazzard' rootstock (right) may live for years, producing fruit with symptoms. Trees on 'Mahaleb' rootstock (left) usually die rapidly in year of infection, about time of fruit ripening.
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus avium)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry
X-disease causes undersized, yellowish fruit. Diseased branches turn rusty red near end of season. Some defoliation occurs on diseased branches.
X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry
DISEASE: X-disease (Western X) or buckskin
HOST: Cherry (Prunus cerasus)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: A. Jones