If you have grown pears before, you have surely noticed dead twigs, dead branches, and even entirely dead trees depending on the cultivar. During wet, disease-splashing years, fire blight is generally ...

Newswise — Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, devastates apple orchards worldwide and can rapidly destroy entire trees. Conventional control strategies rely on chemical treatments ...

Fire blight, caused by the bacteria Erwinia amylovora, causes scorched and blackened areas of infection on trees. Virginia Tech estimates damage from fire blight bacteria can cause more than $100 ...

Q: I have a 6-year-old pear tree with fire blight. I have two other pear trees and three apples. How can I keep the one tree alive, and what can I do to prevent spread of the disease? A: The past few ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fire blight is a devastating disease. (Image courtesy of the American Phytopathological Society) After a $222 million blow to ...

If you are noticing droopy, dried-out flower clusters on your pears, Asian pears, quince, apples or crabapples, fire blight may be the cause. Fire blight is caused by a bacterium and is a common and ...

For over three decades, Dr. George Sundin, a Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, has focused on plant-pathogen interactions affecting Michigan's tree fruit industry. Collaborating ...

A microscopic organism that thrives in the most inhospitable environments on the planet could become a weapon against fire blight, a disease that can devastate Pacific Northwest apple and pear ...

Apples, pears, crabapples and even some ornamentals are infected by fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease. Fire blight damage is noticeable when infected leaves suddenly turn brown, as if ...

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 update on ...