Bacterial diseases of herbaceous perennials

Bacterial diseases can cause significant plant losses for growers of herbaceous perennials, but they often go unrecognised until it is too late for effective control.

You can find summarised information regarding:

• identification of symptoms on a number of key hosts
• details of the 3 main bacterial genera responsible
• find out where the diseases can come from and how they are spread
• more detailed notes on selected diseases
• a range of different managment options.

This information was last updated in 2013