DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Boll rot first appears as raised, water-soaked lesions, which become sunken and turn brown to black with time.
Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton
Infection of bolls causes premature opening and increased susceptibility to secondary, saprophytic microorganisms that cause rot. Note discolored cotton.
Bacterial blight (Boll rot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Boll rot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice
The disease causes sheaths to turn dark brown and rot; dead leaves droop. Nodes, culms, and crowns also decay, and infected tillers are easily detached from the crown. Culms and internodes turn black.
Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice
Decayed culms (right) and healthy culms (left). Leaf sheaths of infected plants exhibit dark brown decay and attached leaves turn yellow and wilt.
Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple
Severe infection of apple with dying twigs and branches.
Fire blight | Apple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple
Diseased apple with copious ooze.
Fire blight | Apple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica 'Jonathan')
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple
Canker on trunk oozing fire blight bacteria.
Fire blight | Apple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Crabapple
Blighted shoot tip.
Fire blight | Crabapple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Crabapple (Malus sylvestris)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Hawthorn
Hawthorn with blossom blight.
Fire blight | Hawthorn
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff