Bacterial canker of kiwifruit

Like all pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae, P. syringae pv. actinidiae is present in infected plant material and, therefore, is usually introduced into new regions in nursery material. The pathogen can be dispersed in aerosols and can be carried between trees and adjacent orchards in wind-driven rain. As a wound-infecting pathogen, it can also be transmitted on orchard equipment such as pruning implements.