DISEASE: Bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (bacterial leaf streak) causes water-soaked streaks with yellow ooze (left side), and X. oryzae pv. oryzae (bacterial blight) causes brown streaks that have turned white (right side).

Bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
SOURCE: T. Mew
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
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.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: M. Schroth
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.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya
Complete destruction of papaya plantation in Micronesia. Only a severely damaged trunk remains.

Bacterial decline | Papaya
DISEASE: Bacterial decline
HOST: Papaya (Carica papaya)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia papayae
SOURCE: E. Trujillo
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice
Severely diseased leaves with light brown streaks.

Bacterial leaf streak | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola
SOURCE: H. Kaku, M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice
Brownish lesions with tiny droplets of bacterial ooze, resulting from artificial inoculation of the pathogen.

Bacterial leaf streak | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola
SOURCE: H. Kaku, M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice
Copious droplets of bacterial ooze on infected leaf margin (right), typical of advanced stage of disease. Healthy part of leaf (left) has clear guttation fluid.

Bacterial leaf streak | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial leaf streak
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Sour skin
HOST: Onion
Symptoms of sour skin are characterized by slimy, pale yellow to light brown decay.

Sour skin | Onion
DISEASE: Sour skin
HOST: Onion (Allium cepa)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia cepacia
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas cepacia
SOURCE: Dep. of Agric. & Agri-Food, Government of Canada