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DISEASE: Aster yellows

HOST: Squash

Diagnostic characteristics for the disease are yellowing of young leaves, proliferation of secondary shoots, and rigid erect habit. Leaves are misshapen and smaller than normal and have stiff, thick laminae.

Aster yellows | Squash

DISEASE: Aster yellows

HOST: Squash (Cucurbita sp.)

PATHOGEN: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'

PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Phytoplasma Aster yellows group

SOURCE: S. Miller

DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot

HOST: Magnolia

Leaf with large, dark brown to black necrotic areas.

Bacterial leaf spot | Magnolia

DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot

HOST: Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas cichorii

SOURCE: J. Mullen

DISEASE: Fire blight

HOST: Pear

Blossom blight is first seen as water-soaked spots that rapidly turn brown to black as the disease becomes systemic and progresses down the shoot.

Fire blight | Pear

DISEASE: Fire blight

HOST: Pear (Pyrus communis)

PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora

SOURCE: S. Thomson