Fire blight researchers from around the country are making progress on applied disease management and understanding of the pathogen’s biology. The latest findings, which includes research in Michigan, ...

Antibiotic resistance in human and animal health is at the forefront of public debate, but it's a less well-known issue in ...

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 ...

Fire blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora, poses a serious threat to pome fruit cultivation and other rosaceous species worldwide. Recent advances in genetics and molecular ...

Fire blight is a rapidly spreading bacterial disease often characterized by rapidly dying shoots that turn black or brown and bend into a shepherds crook shape. Fire blight is a rapidly spreading ...

Dear Neil: The limbs on my apple and pear trees are turning black, almost as if they had been burned. I have read about fire blight and that streptomycin is the remedy, but I can't find it locally.

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Apple blossoms infected with fire blight.