DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia
Blighted leaves and stems.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia
Poinsettia with diseased stem. Woody stems may have a yellowed cortex and dark vascular tissues. The stem tip may curve with deformed terminal leaves.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia
Leaves with small, dark spots, an early stage of disease.
Bacterial leaf spot (Blight) | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Blight)
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Poinsettia
Leaves with reddish brown blighted areas and spots. Severely spotted leaves turn yellow and dehisce.
Bacterial leaf spot | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. poinsettiicola
SOURCE: A. Chase
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Poinsettia
Water-soaked and rotted stem and leaf tissues.
Bacterial stem rot | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya dadantii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: M. Daughtrey
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Poinsettia
The disease causes translucence, discoloration, and rot of stems.
Bacterial stem rot | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Bacterial stem rot
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya dadantii
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi
SOURCE: M. Daughtrey
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
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Scarlet firethorn
Pyracantha with blighted twig. Ingress was probably through blossoms. Cankers commonly occur on branches.
Fire blight | Scarlet firethorn
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Scarlet firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia
Stem with dark cankers and copious ooze. Necrotic areas are greasy in appearance and eventually turn light tan to brown with a papery texture as the cuticle becomes detached.
Greasy center | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas viridiflava
SOURCE: R. Raabe