DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato
White-skinned tuber with sunken and superficial scab lesions.
Common scab (Potato scab) | Potato
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Streptomyces scabiei
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Streptomyces scabies
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato
Red-skinned tuber with lesions that usually penetrate less than 1 mm.
Common scab (Potato scab) | Potato
DISEASE: Common scab (Potato scab)
HOST: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
PATHOGEN: Streptomyces scabiei
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Streptomyces scabies
SOURCE: S. Thomson
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce
Corky root causes a reduction in size of lettuce heads and root systems; susceptible cultivar (right) and resistant cultivar (left).
Corky root | Lettuce
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
PATHOGEN: Sphingomonas suberifaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizomonas suberifaciens
SOURCE: E. J. Ryder
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce
Close-up of root with malformed, corky appearance and longitudinal ridges of brown tissues.
Corky root | Lettuce
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
PATHOGEN: Sphingomonas suberifaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizomonas suberifaciens
SOURCE: A. van Bruggen
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce
Initial symptoms of disease are yellow lesions on taproot and main laterals. Greenish brown bands occur around roots. Root pith may become brown and hollow.
Corky root | Lettuce
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
PATHOGEN: Sphingomonas suberifaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizomonas suberifaciens
SOURCE: A. van Bruggen
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce
Differences in corky root symptoms between susceptible cultivar (right) and resistant cultivar (left).
Corky root | Lettuce
DISEASE: Corky root
HOST: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
PATHOGEN: Sphingomonas suberifaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizomonas suberifaciens
SOURCE: E. Ryder
DISEASE: Corn stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Chlorosis of leaf margins, the first symptom of disease.
Corn stunt | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Corn stunt
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Spiroplasma kunkelii
SOURCE: T. Tsai, M. Davis
DISEASE: Crown gall (Leafy gall)
HOST: Datura
Crown gall or leafy gall of datura.
Crown gall (Leafy gall) | Datura
DISEASE: Crown gall (Leafy gall)
HOST: Datura (Datura sp.)
PATHOGEN: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizobium sp.
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Crown gall
HOST: Almond
Multiple galls on almond roots (left). Roots of healthy plant (right). Severe galling on young trees causes stunting.
Crown gall | Almond
DISEASE: Crown gall
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Rhizobium sp.
SOURCE: M. Schroth