DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm
Palm with advanced stage of heart rot. Symptoms of mature palms include rapid browning and desiccation of foliage, rot of roots and buds, and aborted fruits.
Bacterial heart rot | Palm
DISEASE: Bacterial heart rot
HOST: Palm (Cocos nucifera)
PATHOGEN: Phytomonas sp.
SOURCE: R. McCoy, M. Davis
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish
Dying, stunted, yellow to brown horseradish plants.
Brittle root | Horseradish
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma citri
SOURCE: C. Eastman, M. Davis
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish
Close-up of stunted, yellow horseradish plants.
Brittle root | Horseradish
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma citri
SOURCE: D. Sherrod
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish
Horseradish with discolored internal tissues. Healthy root segment (top right).
Brittle root | Horseradish
DISEASE: Brittle root
HOST: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma citri
SOURCE: J. Fletcher, M. Davis
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Maize with chlorotic leaf margins and reddening of tips and margins of older leaves.
Maize bushy stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. Nault, M. Davis
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Late stage of disease.
Maize bushy stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: R. Davis, M. Davis
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Dalbulus maidis, leafhopper vector of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris', the cause of maize bushy stunt.
Maize bushy stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Maize bushy stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. Nault, M. Davis