DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Almond
White, macerated tissues near cambium region is characteristic of disease. Foam is usually associated with cankers. The disease is suspected to be bacterial but the causal agent has not been identified.
Foamy canker | Almond
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: B. Teviotdale
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Almond
Amber red-colored ooze sliding down the trunk. The causal agent has not been identified.
Foamy canker | Almond
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Almond (Prunus dulcis)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: B. Teviotdale
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Koa
Foamy canker of koa is associated with bacteria and yeast. The causal agent has not been identified.
Foamy canker | Koa
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Koa (Acacia koa)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: H. Keyser
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Koa
Dieback of koa tree. The causal agent has not been identified.
Foamy canker | Koa
DISEASE: Foamy canker
HOST: Koa (Acacia koa)
PATHOGEN: Causal agent unknown
SOURCE: H. Keyser
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
Wilted, dying plants. Leaves have gray to light yellow stripes and irregular margins that follow leaf veins. Systemically infected plants usually have orange vascular bundles.
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize)
The disease causes necrotic leaf lesions, which typically have dark flecks (freckles) within the lesions (not seen here).
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight | Corn (Maize)
DISEASE: Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
HOST: Corn (Maize) (Zea mays)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium nebraskense
SOURCE: A. Vidaver
DISEASE: Grain rot
HOST: Rice
Close-up of diseased grain. Infected portions of lemma and palea are purplish to dark brown.
Grain rot | Rice
DISEASE: Grain rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia glumae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas glumae
SOURCE: A. Alvarez, D. Shakya
DISEASE: Grain rot
HOST: Rice
Discolored and withered hulls of infected panicles. A brown margin between the infected and healthy parts of the grain is a diagnostic feature.
Grain rot | Rice
DISEASE: Grain rot
HOST: Rice (Oryza sativa)
PATHOGEN: Burkholderia glumae
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Pseudomonas glumae
SOURCE: M. Goto
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia
Stem with dark cankers and copious ooze. Necrotic areas are greasy in appearance and eventually turn light tan to brown with a papery texture as the cuticle becomes detached.
Greasy center | Poinsettia
DISEASE: Greasy center
HOST: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
PATHOGEN: Pseudomonas viridiflava
SOURCE: R. Raabe