DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice
Gradation in blight symptoms. The disease begins as water-soaked streaks on leaves, which increase in length and width, becoming yellow and then white.

Bacterial blight | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
SOURCE: T. Mew
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice
Yellow leaf stripe that later turns white.

Bacterial blight | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice
Infected leaves have grayish white lesions with wavy margins.

Bacterial blight | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice
Gray leaf lesions typical of bacterial blight.

Bacterial blight | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
SOURCE: T. Mew
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice
Paddy of dead seedlings with white leaves, characteristic of kresek stage of disease.

Bacterial blight | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
SOURCE: T. Mew
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice
The disease causes rolling of leaf tips. In the acute stage, symptoms are wilting and yellowing of leaves, followed by death.

Bacterial blight | Rice
DISEASE: Bacterial blight
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae
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
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