DISEASE: Center rot
HOST: Onion
Early symptoms of disease are necrotic, bleached areas on young leaves that typically wilt.
Center rot | Onion
DISEASE: Center rot
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea ananatis
SOURCE: R. Gitaitis
DISEASE: Center rot
HOST: Onion
Advanced stage of center rot. The bacterium has moved down from leaves into the bulb.
Center rot | Onion
DISEASE: Center rot
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea ananatis
SOURCE: H. Schwartz
DISEASE: Center rot
HOST: Onion
Bulb with pale yellow, discolored decayed area.
Center rot | Onion
DISEASE: Center rot
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Pantoea ananatis
SOURCE: H. Schwartz
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia
Stem with dark cankers and copious ooze. Necrotic areas are greasy in appearance and eventually turn light tan to brown with a papery texture as the cuticle becomes detached.
Greasy center | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas viridiflava
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Infected pineapple slices; effect of heating (right) and not heating (left).
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach, A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple
Two clones (A and D) showing different stages of infection. Second and fourth fruits (left to right) have been heated. Disease originally attributed to Gluconobacter oxydans and Enterobacter agglomerans and later to Pantoea citrea.
Pink disease | Pineapple
DISEASE: Pink disease
HOST: Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
PATHOGEN: Tatumella citrea
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pantoea citrea
SOURCE: K. Rohrbach