DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa
Alfalfa dwarf is characterized by stunted plants (left), usually dark blue-green in color. Xylem tissues become brown, especially when exposed to air.
Alfalfa dwarf | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: R. M. Davis
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat
Healthy head (left) and diseased head (right). Diseased seedlings may die within 2 to 3 weeks. Infected heads of surviving plants are small and sterile, with distorted awns.
Aster yellows | Wheat
DISEASE: Aster yellows
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group
SOURCE: L. N. Chiykowski
DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot
HOST: Avocado
White bacterial ooze on surface of fruit. Pseudomonas strains that cause canker likely differ from those that infect fruit and leaves.
Bacterial blast and fruit spot | Avocado
DISEASE: Bacterial blast and fruit spot
HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae
SOURCE: L. Fucikovsky
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Avocado
Cankers on trunk.
Bacterial canker | Avocado
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Avocado (Persea americana)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas campestris
SOURCE: H. Ohr
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat
Diseased leaves with whitish blotches. Initial water-soaked spots become necrotic and progress from gray-green to tannish white.
Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: J. Otta
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat
Diseased leaves with whitish blotches. The disease begins as water-soaked spots and then become necrotic and progresses from gray-green to tannish white.
Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat
Leaves with reddish tan necrotic lesions.
Bacterial leaf blight | Wheat
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Alfalfa
Stems with necrotic lesions.
Bacterial leaf spot | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas alfalfae subsp. alfalfae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. alfalfae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Alfalfa
Leaves with brown necrotic spots. Stems have water-soaked spots.
Bacterial leaf spot | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas alfalfae subsp. alfalfae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. alfalfae
SOURCE: S. Thomson