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
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane
Necrotic, reddish vascular bundles in node of sliced stalk, a diagnostic symptom.
Ratoon stunt | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
SOURCE: D. Teakle
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane
Disease of susceptible cultivar L62-96 (right). External symptoms are characterized by stunting and poor growth.
Ratoon stunt | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
SOURCE: A. Gillaspie, M. Davis
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane
Red discoloration just below nodal tissues is a symptom in mature stalks of 'L41-233'.
Ratoon stunt | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
SOURCE: A. Gillaspie, M. Davis
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane
Row of disease 'Trojan' plants (left). Healthy row (right).
Ratoon stunt | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Ratoon stunt
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum 'Trojan')
PATHOGEN: Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
SOURCE: D. Teakle
DISEASE: X-disease
HOST: Peach
Typical symptoms of diseased tree with yellowing of leaves. Leaves become necrotic and dehisce.
X-disease | Peach
DISEASE: X-disease
HOST: Peach (Prunus persica)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: R. Davis, M. Davis
DISEASE: X-disease
HOST: Peach
Late stage of leaf infection. Red-yellow blotches appear after initial water-soaking of leaves. Margins roll upward and leaves appear tattered.
X-disease | Peach
DISEASE: X-disease
HOST: Peach (Prunus persica)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: X-disease
HOST: Peach
Stunted foliage (left) with some necrosis and small angular fruit. Healthy foliage and fruit (right).
X-disease | Peach
DISEASE: X-disease
HOST: Peach (Prunus persica)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: A. Purcell, M. Davis