Occurrence of Stem Necrosis on Field-Grown Tomatoes Incited by Pseudomonas corrugata in Florida. J. B. Jones, Assistant Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research and Education Center, Bradenton, FL 33508. J. P. Jones, Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research and Education Center, Bradenton, FL 33508, and R. E. Stall, Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, and J. W. Miller, Plant Pathologist, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, FL 32602. Plant Dis. 67:425-426. Accepted for publication 15 November 1982. Copyright 1983 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-67-425.

Pith necrosis and hollowing of tomato stems was observed in 20 fields of tomatoes. A yellowish bacterium was consistently isolated. Based on biochemical, physiological, and pathogenicity tests, the bacterium was identified as Pseudomonas corrugata.