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Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family Rosaceae. It is a serious concern to apple and pear producers. It is a serious concern to apple and pear producers.
Causally known as Sclerotial blight, [4] Agroathelia rolfsii survives in the soil as sclerotia, and in infected decomposing plant material as mycelia. [ 5 ] Collar rot that is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora is causally called Phytophthora collar rot, and is a common disease of fruit and nut trees, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] as well as other flowers [ 7 ...
Fire blight: the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora.:37–53. Erskine JM. 1973. Characteristics of Erwinia amylovora bacteriophage and its possible role in the epidemiology of fire blight. Canadian Journal of Microbiology; 19(7):837–845. Johnson KB, Stockwell VO. 1998. MANAGEMENT OF FIRE BLIGHT: A Case Study in Microbial Ecology.
Apr. 17—MOSES LAKE — Frank Zhao, a professor of plant pathology at Washington State University, spoke at the April 4 Fire Blight Webinar hosted by Michigan State University, providing an ...
He introduced Erwinia amylovora (called by him Micrococcus amylovorus) as the causal agent of pear fire blight. [2] Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he moved with his family at age 9 to a farm in Stephenson County, Illinois. [3] Burrill graduated Illinois State Normal University in 1865. [4]
Initially copper sprays were used for fire blight control in the 1930s but this method had limited success. [24] In the 1950s streptomycin and oxytetracycline showed high success in controlling fire blight in comparison to copper. Since then streptomycin sprayed two to three times during blooming phase has become the treatment of choice.
The Sweet Sixteen is crisp and juicy, has an exotic yellow flesh, [2] mixed with red. [4] It is very sweet, with an unusual flavor of sugar cane, or spicy cherry candy.
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