DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid
Phalaenopsis orchid with yellowish brown spot on leaf (left), an early stage of disease.
Bacterial brown rot | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid (Phalaenopsis sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. cattleyae
SOURCE: R. McMillan
DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid
Leaves of Phalaenopsis orchid with advanced stage of decay.
Bacterial brown rot | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid (Phalaenopsis sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. cattleyae
SOURCE: R. McMillan
DISEASE: Sweet potato little leaf
HOST: Sweet potato
Infected plant (left) and healthy plant (right).
Sweet potato little leaf | Sweet potato
DISEASE: Sweet potato little leaf
HOST: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Peanut witches'-broom group
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