DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid
Phalaenopsis orchid with yellowish brown spot on leaf (left), an early stage of disease.

Bacterial brown rot | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid (Phalaenopsis sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. cattleyae
SOURCE: R. McMillan
DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid
Leaves of Phalaenopsis orchid with advanced stage of decay.

Bacterial brown rot | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial brown rot
HOST: Orchid (Phalaenopsis sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Acidovorax avenae subsp. cattleyae
SOURCE: R. McMillan
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid
Miltonia orchid with brownish necrotic areas around edges of flower petals.

Bacterial bud and petal blight | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid (Miltonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid
Miltonia orchid with diseased water-soaked flower buds.

Bacterial bud and petal blight | Orchid
DISEASE: Bacterial bud and petal blight
HOST: Orchid (Miltonia sp.)
PATHOGEN: Acidovorax cattleyae
SOURCE: R. Raabe
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Diseased blossoms, a stage of bacterial canker.

Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spot stage of the disease with small, brown lesions with yellow halos.

Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Leaf spots on young leaves. Note dark brown to black lesions on lower surface (left) and similar lesions on upper surface but with yellow halos (right).

Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: J. Young
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi
Rusty-colored exudate oozing from cankers on infected trunk.

Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot) | Kiwi
DISEASE: Bacterial canker (Leaf and fruit spot)
HOST: Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
SOURCE: M. Goto
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