DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa
Alfalfa dwarf is characterized by stunted plants (left), usually dark blue-green in color. Xylem tissues become brown, especially when exposed to air.
Alfalfa dwarf | Alfalfa
DISEASE: Alfalfa dwarf
HOST: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: R. M. Davis
DISEASE: Almond leaf scorch
HOST: Almond
Light brown necrotic (scorched) areas on curling leaves.
Almond leaf scorch | Almond
DISEASE: Almond leaf scorch
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Almond leaf scorch
HOST: Almond
Dying almond trees with scorched appearance. Initial symptoms are marginal chlorosis, usually late in the year. Scorch often is first noted at leaf tips, symptoms worsen, and terminal branches may die.
Almond leaf scorch | Almond
DISEASE: Almond leaf scorch
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: R. Davis, M. Davis
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice
The disease causes sheaths to turn dark brown and rot; dead leaves droop. Nodes, culms, and crowns also decay, and infected tillers are easily detached from the crown. Culms and internodes turn black.
Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice
Decayed culms (right) and healthy culms (left). Leaf sheaths of infected plants exhibit dark brown decay and attached leaves turn yellow and wilt.
Bacterial foot rot | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial foot rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Dickeya zeae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Carrot
Blight of flower parts.
Bacterial leaf blight | Carrot
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Carrot
Leaf lesions begin as water-soaked spots that progress to small, yellow, angular spots and later expand to necrotic lesions with yellow halos.
Bacterial leaf blight | Carrot
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae
SOURCE: N. Schaad
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Carrot
Bacterial ooze on flower stalk from systemic invasion of the pathogen.
Bacterial leaf blight | Carrot
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf blight
HOST: Carrot (Daucus carota)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae
SOURCE: APS
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Pecan
Pecan with necrotic scorched leaves with distinct dark lines between healthy and diseased tissues.
Bacterial leaf scorch | Pecan
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf scorch
HOST: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
PATHOGEN: Xylella fastidiosa
SOURCE: T. Brenneman