Bacterial wilt, brown rot
solanacearum is a quarantine organism in Europe and considered a bioterrorist organism in the United States. It is a commonly found soil-inhabitant in tropical [...] solanacearum is a plant pathogenic bacterium. It is a soil-borne disease and colonises the xylem, causing bacterial wilt and brown rot in a very wide range [...] by the bacterial slime produced from wounds, which is not seen in Clavibacter -infected plants. In tomato, the youngest leaves are affected first. They