Bacterial canker of mango in Japan caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae.
Fukuda T., Uehara K., Azagami K., Tabei H., Nishiyama K.
Author Affiliation: National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
Annals of the Phytopathological Society of Japan 56 : 474-480
Abstract : A bacterial disease of the mango cv. Irwin, characterized by dark brown, raised lesions on leaves and fruits, occurred in Hirara City, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture in Jul. 1985. Colonies of bacteria isolated from affected leaves and bacterial ooze from mature raised lesions were white to creamy white on PSA (Wakimoto medium). Inoculation with these isolates caused leaf symptoms similar to the original ones. C. 70 bacterial characteristics were identical with those of X. campestris and the causal bacterium was identified as X. campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae, a new record for Japan.