Pseudomonas Diseases

Crop diseases caused by plant-pathogenic species of the bacterial genus Pseudomonas, including blights, soft rots and galls. A disease belongs here when its cited article names a Pseudomonas species as the causal bacterium. These bacteria live on plant surfaces and in soil and water, and many enter plants through wounds or natural openings, with frost, wind and wet weather often triggering outbreaks. Management relies on clean seed and planting material, sanitation, resistant varieties and, where allowed, copper sprays. This heading gathers the Pseudomonas diseases of the atlas so a visitor can compare their hosts and symptoms.