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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 leaf streak

HOST: Oat

Leaf with long, dark red streaks.

DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)

HOST: Wheatgrass

Lesions on leaves first appear as water-soaked, translucent, long, narrow streaks. They later turn brown and necrotic and often coalesce into blighted areas.

DISEASE: Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak)

HOST: Wheatgrass

Close-up of leaf with brown necrotic streaks.

DISEASE: Elm yellows

HOST: Elm

Symptoms of elm yellows occasionally appear on one branch before others, but more often they involve the entire crown.

DISEASE: Elm yellows

HOST: Elm

Diseased twig (right) with epinasty, chlorosis, and yellowing of leaves. Sometimes both yellow and green leaves occur on same branch. Healthy branch (left).