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: Red stripe (Top rot)
HOST: Sugarcane
Symptoms of disease are long, narrow, and sharply delineated red stripes. Top rot, another stage, may occur with or without red stripes.

Red stripe (Top rot) | Sugarcane
DISEASE: Red stripe (Top rot)
HOST: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax avenae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Shallow bark canker
HOST: Walnut
Diseased, discolored tissues revealed by removing external bark.

Shallow bark canker | Walnut
DISEASE: Shallow bark canker
HOST: Walnut (Juglans regia 'Hartley')
PATHOGEN: Brenneria nigrifluens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia nigrifluens
SOURCE: B. Teviotdale
DISEASE: Shallow bark canker
HOST: Walnut
Trunk with brown exudate shallow cankers.

Shallow bark canker | Walnut
DISEASE: Shallow bark canker
HOST: Walnut (Juglans regia 'Hartley')
PATHOGEN: Brenneria nigrifluens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia nigrifluens
SOURCE: B. Teviotdale