This tree is on fire: a review on the ecology of Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease

A Pedroncelli, G Puopolo - Journal of Plant Pathology, 2023 - Springer
Fire blight represents a great threat to apple and pear production worldwide. The ability of its
causal agent, Erwinia amylovora, to spread rapidly in the host plants makes this devastating …

Early events in fire blight infection and pathogenesis of Erwinia amylovora

Q Zeng, J Puławska, J Schachterle - Journal of Plant Pathology, 2021 - Springer
When viewing the fire blight disease from the perspective of a disease cycle, it is clear that
the pathogen Erwinia amylovora goes through different infection stages on an annual basis …

Implications of Pathogenesis by Erwinia amylovora on Rosaceous Stigmas to Biological Control of Fire Blight

KB Johnson, TL Sawyer, VO Stockwell… - …, 2009 - Am Phytopath Society
As a prerequisite to infection of flowers, Erwinia amylovora grows epiphytically on stigmas,
which provide a conducive habitat for bacterial growth. Stigmas also support growth of …

Genetic Dissection of the Erwinia amylovora Disease Cycle

RR Kharadi, JK Schachterle, X Yuan… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Fire blight, caused by the bacterial phytopathogen Erwinia amylovora, is an economically
important and mechanistically complex disease that affects apple and pear production in …

Fire blight resistance, irrigation and conducive wet weather improve Erwinia amylovora winter survival in cankers

RD Santander, F Khodadadi, CL Meredith… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight, a disease responsible for enormous economic losses
in the pome fruit-producing areas where it is present. Despite the abundant research on fire …

Virulence characteristics accounting for fire blight disease severity in apple trees and seedlings

SA Lee, HK Ngugi, NO Halbrendt, G O'Keefe… - …, 2010 - Am Phytopath Society
The gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora is the causal agent of fire blight, the most
destructive bacterial disease of rosaceous plants, including apple and pear. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of bacterial community of healthy and Erwinia amylovora infected apples

SH Kim, G Cho, SI Lee, DR Kim… - The Plant Pathology …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fire blight disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, could damage rosaceous plants such as
apples, pears, and raspberries. In this study, we designed to understand how E. amylovora …

Fire blight host-pathogen interaction: proteome profiles of Erwinia amylovora infecting apple rootstocks

M Holtappels, JP Noben, P Van Dijck, R Valcke - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Fire blight, caused by the enterobacterium Erwinia amylovora, is a destructive disease,
which can affect most members of the Rosaceae family. Since no significant genomic …

From the roots to the stem: unveiling pear root colonization and infection pathways by Erwinia amylovora

RD Santander, JF Català-Senent… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora affects pome fruit worldwide, generating serious
economic losses. Despite the abundant literature on E. amylovora infection mechanisms of …

Pathogenicity and infection strategies of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora in Rosaceae: State of the art

K Vrancken, M Holtappels, H Schoofs… - …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
Plants are host to a large amount of pathogenic bacteria. Fire blight, caused by the
bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is an important disease in Rosaceae. Pathogenicity of E …