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
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple
Severe infection of apple with dying twigs and branches.
Fire blight | Apple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple
Diseased apple with copious ooze.
Fire blight | Apple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica 'Jonathan')
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Mohan
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple
Canker on trunk oozing fire blight bacteria.
Fire blight | Apple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Apple (Malus domestica)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Crabapple
Blighted shoot tip.
Fire blight | Crabapple
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Crabapple (Malus sylvestris)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: W. Sinclair
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Hawthorn
Hawthorn with blossom blight.
Fire blight | Hawthorn
DISEASE: Fire blight
HOST: Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia amylovora
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff