Plant Disease · 1992 · 100 citations · 0 references
AgriculturePlant PathologyPlant SciencesPlant-microbe InteractionsSeed PathologySeed ScienceBacterial Disease SymptomsBacterial Plant PathogensPlant PathogenesisSeed-borne Bacterial DiseasesSeed-borne DiseasesSeedling DiseasesBacterial BlotchBacterial Diseases Of FruitBacterial Fruit DiseasesBacterial Seed PathogensDisease Symptoms In FruitSeed-associated Bacterial PathogensSeed-borne TransmissionWater-soaked Lesions
Bacterial fruit blotch, a recently described disease of watermelon, resulted in severe losses to Indiana watermelon growers in 1989. Strains of the pathogen recovered from symptomatic fruit and seedlings exhibited similar phenotypic characteristics. Seedling symptoms (water-soaked lesions becoming necrotic on cotyledons and true leaves) and fruit symptoms (large, watersoaked blotches on the exposed rind surface) were induced by strains from both sources. Seed transmission was demonstrated in both seed from symptomatic fruit and seed soaked in a suspension of the bacterium(.)