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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.

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.

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.

DISEASE: Bacterial decline

HOST: Papaya

Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

DISEASE: Bacterial flower stalk and leaf necrosis

HOST: Onion

Dark, rotted areas of stalk and leaves caused by systemic invasion of the pathogen.

DISEASE: Bacterial flower stalk and leaf necrosis

HOST: Onion

Gray-brown rot of onion after inoculation. Disease starts as small, water-soaked lesions that later develop into slimy, gray-brown rot. The disease progresses downward from the stalk and may rot the entire bulb.

DISEASE: Bacterial flower stalk and leaf necrosis

HOST: Onion

Leaves with necrosis and rot. The common name for this disease is the same as those used for two other diseases. Also, another common name for this disease is bacterial soft rot.

DISEASE: Bacterial soft rot

HOST: Cabbage

Rot of cabbage caused by Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis. Rot caused by P. viridiflava has similar symptoms of water-soaking and blackening of cabbage heads. Both diseases occur mainly during the winter season.

DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)

HOST: Barley

Black chaff is characterized by water-soaked and darkened glumes on barley heads and streaks and stripes on leaves.