DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot and canker
HOST: Sweetgum
Leaves with irregular necrotic lesions.

Bacterial leaf spot and canker | Sweetgum
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot and canker
HOST: Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: A. Bishop
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot and canker
HOST: Sweetgum
Stem canker of sweetgum.

Bacterial leaf spot and canker | Sweetgum
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot and canker
HOST: Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: A. Bishop
DISEASE: Dodonaea yellows
HOST: Florida hopbush
Hopbush with brownish red witches'-broom.

Dodonaea yellows | Florida hopbush
DISEASE: Dodonaea yellows
HOST: Florida hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: W. Borth
DISEASE: Dodonaea yellows
HOST: Florida hopbush
Advanced stage of dodonaea yellows and witches'-broom.

Dodonaea yellows | Florida hopbush
DISEASE: Dodonaea yellows
HOST: Florida hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma X-disease group
SOURCE: W. Borth