DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Leaf with advanced stage of blight.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Highly susceptible (left) and resistant (right) cotton cultivars. The black arm stage of the disease is the most serious and occurs when bacteria invade petioles and then stems.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Characteristic early symptoms are water-soaked leaf spots and water-soaking along veins.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton
Leaf with dark, angular leaf spots. Systemic invasion causes blackening of midribs.
Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot) | Cotton
DISEASE: Bacterial blight (Angular leaf spot)
HOST: Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum
SOURCE: APS
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: Halo blight
HOST: Bean
Leaves of highly susceptible 'Red Kidney' dry bean with typical water-soaked lesions with halos.
Halo blight | Bean
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Red Kidney')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. phaseolicola
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Bean
'Red Kidney' (dry bean) exhibiting tolerant reaction after inoculation with a halo blight strain. The small, dark lesions dry up in a few days and disease does not progress further.
Halo blight | Bean
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Red Kidney')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. phaseolicola
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Bean
Pods of 'Red Kidney' (dry bean) with brown lesions, a late stage of disease.
Halo blight | Bean
DISEASE: Halo blight
HOST: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Red Kidney')
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. phaseolicola
SOURCE: M. Goto