Crown and Leaf Rot of Statice Incited by a Bacterium Resembling Pseudomonas caryophylli. J. B. Jones, Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, IFAS, University of Florida, Agricultural Research and Education Center, Bradenton 34203. Arthur W. Engelhard, Professor, Plant Pathology, IFAS, University of Florida, Agricultural Research and Education Center, Bradenton 34203. Plant Dis. 68:338-340. Accepted for publication 16 December 1983. Copyright 1984 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-68-338.

A crown rot of statice (Limonium sinuatum) plants was observed in Manatee County, FL. A nonfluorescent, aerobic, gram-negative bacterium was isolated. Upon artificial inoculation, symptoms similar to those in the field were reproduced. On the basis of biochemical and physiological tests, the bacterium was identified as Pseudomonas caryophylli.