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: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Wilted, dying plants. Leaves have gray to light yellow stripes and irregular margins that follow leaf veins. Systemically infected plants usually have orange vascular bundles.
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease causes necrotic leaf lesions, which typically have dark flecks (freckles) within the lesions (not seen here).
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver