BXW bud & fruit symptoms

Caption:: A shrivelled male bud and uneven ripening are characteristic symptoms of Xanthomonas wilt (also known as BXW), a devastating bacterial disease found only in Eastern Africa. The infected rachis turns dark and rots.
Keywords:: Bacterial disease, BXW disease, Disease, Pests and diseases, Symptoms, Xanthomonas wilt
Date shot:: March 2011
Locality:: Gisenyi
Province/State:: Makamba province
Country:: Burundi
Photographer:: Lepoint, Pascale / Bioversity International