DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial decline of papaya, historically called St. Croix decline, was thought to be caused by a fungus. This picture shows a papaya with dead top and side branches, a severe stage of the disease.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Water-soaked papaya stem in St. Croix. Dark, water-soaked, greasy lesions occur on stems and leaves. The causal agent differs somewhat from descriptions of Erwinia papayae D strains in Micronesia.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Bacterial invasion of leaf veins and adjacent tissues of papaya in Micronesia. This disease has also been called canker, dieback, and blight.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation
HOST: Papaya
Fasciation symptoms of papaya. Causal agent is unknown.

Bacterial fasciation | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial fasciation
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower
Leaves with tiny lesions surrounded by large halos.

Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot) | Cauliflower
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola
SOURCE: R. Campbell
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower
Section of a cauliflower head with discolored, infected tissues.

Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot) | Cauliflower
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf spot (Head rot)
HOST: Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola
SOURCE: R. Campbell
DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker
HOST: Papaya
This disease (Micronesia) differs from bacterial decline by causing blackish, water-soaked, mushy cankers near or in leaf axils or on young stems.

Bacterial mushy canker | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial mushy canker
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia sp.
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Black rot
HOST: Cauliflower
Brown, necrotic, rotted areas on flower parts and typical V-shaped necrotic areas on leaf margins.

Black rot | Cauliflower
DISEASE: Black rot
HOST: Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris
SOURCE: B. Jacobsen, M. Shurtleff