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: 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