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: 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.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Barley
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley
Leaf with linear, water-soaked lesions that turn necrotic and brown. Flakes of dry bacterial exudate are apparent on the lesions. The pathogen also causes black glume of barley.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Barley
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat
Water-soaked stage of leaf streak.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheat
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat
Interveinal brown streaks and blotches on wheat leaves, a late stage of disease. Symptoms may be confused with other diseases.

Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheat
DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)
HOST: Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa
SOURCE: R. Kilpatrick