Yavapai Plant Disease Photos
![White foam on tree trunk](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/AlcoholFluxOnMimosa1.jpg.webp?itok=NpfNHmJL)
Alcohol Flux
Alcohol flux (aka slime flux, bacterial wetwood) - found on stressed mimosa and willow trees.
White froth, acidic & nearly colorless; often has pleasant fermentative odor.
![White fuzz on green stem](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/botrytisontomato.jpg.webp?itok=Qty0Ffji)
Botrytis
Botrytis on tomato stem (found in hydroponic greenhouse)
Manage with fungicide labeled for tomatoes.
![Stem with red specks and a few green needles](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/comandrablisterrust.jpg.webp?itok=jMdGJymT)
Comandra Blister Rust
Comandra blister rust on Pinus Elderica
Do not plant Elderica pine in Ponderosa areas (Prescott, Sedona).
![Orange growth on tree branch](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/dwarfmistletoeonponderosa1.jpg.webp?itok=6l2CVcR7)
Dwarf Mistletoe
Dwarf mistletoe parasite on Pondersoa - Arceuthobium vaginatum
Affects Ponderosa pine, Pinyon pine, Douglas fir, true fir; prune infected branches or remove infected trees.
![2 leaf stems for comparison, one with distorted leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/raveneliaversitalis.jpg.webp?itok=04NijYQj)
Rust
Rust: (Ravenelia versitalis) on catclaw
No management recommended.
![Stem with orange growths on leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/Gymnosporangium2%20-%20Copy.JPG.webp?itok=VQqBFwW-)
Cedar-apple Rust
Cedar-apple rust (Gymnosporangium) on Hawthorn
No management recommended.
![Leaf with dead portion along vein](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/sycamoreanthracnoseleaf.jpg.webp?itok=kJLSnQRU)
Sycamore Anthracnose
Sycamore anthracnose - Fungus
Management
Photo: Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
![Leaves with brown spots](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/xylella.JPG.webp?itok=ah--pRa-)
Bacterial Leaf Scorch on Chitalpa Tree
Bacterial leaf scorch, Xylella fastidios
https://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/plantclinic/documents/xylella-fastidiosa-facts...(link is external)
Photos: N. Goldberg NMSU-PDC
![Brown, dying branches on conifer tree](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/SeiridiumCanker.jpg.webp?itok=Qp8h8JNv)
Seiridium Canker
Seiridium Canker on Leyland Cypress
![Yellow strands on plant](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/dodder.jpg.webp?itok=IN3FUXW9)
Dodder
Dodder, Cuscuta genus
Annual seed-bearing parasitic vine, thin, thread-like, yellow or orange stems grow rapidly, wrapping around the host plant
![Comparison of 2 flowers on stems, one flattened](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/fasciation-2.jpg.webp?itok=HXmcP98O)
Fasciation
Mexican hat Ratibida columnifera with fasciation, which is an abnormal fusion and flattening of plant organs, usually stems, resulting in ribbon-like, coiled and contorted tissue. Cause can be related to hormonal, genetic, bacterial, fungal, viral or environmental conditions. Remove odd growth. Photo by Mary Barnes.
![Dead portion of tree trunk](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2024-10/AspenHeartRot-1.png.webp?itok=ouDbqmLP)
Aspen Tree Heart Rot
No treatment at this advanced stage. This disease shows up in aspen as they get older.
Photo from Cindy Pitcher. Diagnosis by Bob Gessner.