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 wilt
HOST: Bean
Bean leaf with white pustules following inoculation. Stem inoculation causes veinal yellowing and necrosis of leaves. Infected seed may be purple or yellow.

Bacterial wilt | Bean
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Bean
Leaves with interveinal chlorosis and necrosis. Healthy (right).

Bacterial wilt | Bean
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Bean
Bean seeds infected with orange (upper right), violet (upper left), and yellow (lower left) variants of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens. White seed in the lower right is healthy.

Bacterial wilt | Bean
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens
SOURCE: APS