DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot
Apricot with typical reddish brown-discolored tissues beneath the bark and gumming around infected areas.

Bacterial canker and blast | Apricot
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: S. Sampson, M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot
Young infected twig with droplets of bacterial ooze on stem.

Bacterial canker and blast | Apricot
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca 'Moorpark')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot
Bacterial canker has many symptoms. Typical symptoms are brown, sometimes reddish brown, internal tissues and rough, cracked bark.

Bacterial canker and blast | Apricot
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca 'Moorpark')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot
Infected apricot with sparse foliage (some twigs with no foliage) and a discolored area exposed where bark was removed.

Bacterial canker and blast | Apricot
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca 'Moorpark')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot
Fruit spot phase with numerous reddish necrotic spots.

Bacterial canker and blast | Apricot
DISEASE: Bacterial canker and blast
HOST: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca 'Moorpark')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial dieback of peach
HOST: Peach
Dark cankers on last year's twig. This leads to blighting of buds the following year.

Bacterial dieback of peach | Peach
DISEASE: Bacterial dieback of peach
HOST: Peach (Prunus persica)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Yellow leaves of dying plant.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Cross sections of diseased fruit with reddish discoloration and bacterial ooze.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana
Longitudinal sections (right) exposing reddish brown discoloration of infected fruit.

Blood disease | Banana
DISEASE: Blood disease
HOST: Banana (Musa sp.)
PATHOGEN: Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Ralstonia solanacearum (Phylotype IV)
SOURCE: I. Buddenhagen