Burley Tobacco Extension
Burley Tobacco Extension

Bacterial Hollow Stalk

Bacterial Hollow Stalk

 

Bacterial hollow stalk is caused by the same bacterium that causes bacterial black stalk, and the same environmental conditions favor both diseases. Hollow stalk often begins at the wound created at topping.  (Photo: Kenneth Seebold, UK) Bacterial hollow stalk is caused by the same bacterium that causes bacterial black stalk, and the same environmental conditions favor both diseases. Hollow stalk often begins at the wound created at topping. (Photo: Kenneth Seebold, UK) 

 

The hollow stalk bacterium decays the pith (center of the stalk), resulting in a hollow stem. Infections that begin in the field will continue to develop when plants are hung in the barn. (Photo: Paul Bachi, UK)The hollow stalk bacterium decays the pith (center of the stalk), resulting in a hollow stem. Infections that begin in the field will continue to develop when plants are hung in the barn. (Photo: Paul Bachi, UK)

Contact Information

Bob Pearce
Extension Tobacco Specialist

1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546

859-257-5110

rpearce@uky.edu