Chemical control of bacterial blight of anthurium using commercial agricultural chemicals and other antibacterial agents was ineffective. dieffenbachiae []), is an important disease in Hawaii, as well as other tropical and subtropical regions.An outbreak of bacterial blight in the 1980s had a severe impact on Hawaii’s local anthurium … dieffenbachiae, cannot survive as a free living organism like those in plant debris and in clean pot surfaces. Bacterial blight disease (blight) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.dieffenbachiae (Vauterin et al., 1995), formerly known as Xanthomonas campestris pv. Because of disease occurrence in various parts of the country, many growers have given up anthurium growing. 0000012292 00000 n xref Once introduced into a new growing area, bacterial blight may result in 50 to 100% loss of plants. Photo by A. 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