Symptoms on Cabbage

• Organs attacked :

• Symptoms :
  • After a longitudinal or transverse section of the taproot and stem, the vessels show a yellowish to brown coloration (Figure 1).
  • Vitreous and gelatinous marrow, greenish in color, darkening and gradually liquefying under the effect of pectinolytic enzymes.
  • Brown to blackish rot of the lower part of cabbages (figures 2 and 3.
  • Wilting and collapse of cabbage, especially near harvest (Figure 4).
  • Dark spots on leaves that progress to a wet, slimy, dark brown to black rot that can spread throughout the head. Affected sprouts may liquefy completely (Figure 5).

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• Signs : altered tissues often give off an unpleasant odor; sometimes presence of a milky mucus on certain organs.
• Possible confusion :

• Production areas affected :

•  Pectobacterium spp. reported on cabbage :