Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family
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Experiments in the early 1800s demonstrated that E. amylovora caused disease in plants, the first time that this could be shown. E. amylovora was found by Fritz Klement, a German scientist in 1910. It is g… See more

Erwinia amylovora overwinters in cankers formed during the previous season. In the spring warmer temperatures support development and bacteria-filled ooze begins to exude from the cankers. The factors tha… See more

Pathogenicity depends on many different factors such as the production of the siderophore desferrioxamine, metalloproteases, plasmids, and histone-like proteins. However, some essential factors of p… See more

In an attempt to prevent new infections, plants have been sprayed with either streptomycin, copper sulfate or both in some parts of the world, such as the USA, but has been found to be effective only for slowing or t… See more