DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Cross section of sugar beet with reddish color in vascular bundles and adjacent tissues.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Advanced stage of disease with extensive rot.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Early stage of systemic infection of young plant noted by blackening of midribs and veins.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Infected vascular bundles caused by systemic infection by the bacterium.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet
Black discoloration of petioles resulting from systemic infection.

Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Beet
DISEASE: Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
HOST: Beet (Beta vulgaris)
PATHOGEN: Pectobacterium betavasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe field with severe destruction from bacterial wilt (left), less on right.

Bacterial wilt | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon
Severely diseased plants as noted by dying runners.

Bacterial wilt | Muskmelon
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon
Wilt-devastated muskmelon field.

Bacterial wilt | Muskmelon
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Squash
Field with severe symptoms of wilt. Foliage often is chlorotic and leaf margins may be chlorotic and necrotic before plant death. Bacterial ooze may be seen streaming from the xylem when infected stems are cut.

Bacterial wilt | Squash
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Squash (Cucurbita maxima)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: B. Jacobsen, M. Shurtleff