PUBLICATION SP277R

Plant Diseases: Fire Blight

Publish Date: April 05 2018 |  Language: English

DOI: doi.org/10.7290/UTIAPub/SP277R

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Summary

Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is a serious disease of apple and pear. This disease occasionally damages cotoneaster, crabapple, hawthorne, mountain ash, ornamental pear, firethorn, plum quince and spiraea.