Burning questions for fire blight research: I. Genomics and evolution of Erwinia amylovora and analyses of host-pathogen interactions

F Rezzonico, OF Emeriewen, Q Zeng, A Peil… - Journal of Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Fire blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora, continues to be a
devastating disease affecting commercial apple and pear plantings in almost all areas of the …

Pathogen Spotlight on Erwinia amylovora—Recent Advances in Genomics, Resistance Breeding, and Disease Management

Q Zeng, S Slack, M Amine Hassani - Phytopathology®, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Although being the first discovered bacterial disease of plants in the 1800s, fire blight
continues to cause tremendous economic loss for the apple and pear industries centuries …

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 …

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 …

Current situation of fire blight in China

W Sun, P Gong, Y Zhao, L Ming, Q Zeng… - Phytopathology …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Fire blight, caused by the plant-pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating
disease that occurs on rosaceous plants, including pears and apples. E. amylovora is …

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 …

Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China

Y Zhao, Y TIAN, L WANG, G GENG, W ZHAO… - Journal of Integrative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears,
causing enormous economic losses around the world. The disease is indigenous to North …

Novel Single Nucleotide Variations Alter Pathogenicity in Korean Isolates of Erwinia amylovora

IJ Kang, Y Park, E Roh, JH Lee - Plant Disease, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease, has become a serious threat to
the pome fruit industry in Korea since 2015. In this study, we showed that two new isolates of …

Fire blight: applied genomic insights of the pathogen and host

M Malnoy, S Martens, JL Norelli… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight, an invasive
disease that threatens a wide range of commercial and ornamental Rosaceae host plants …

Phenotypic and genetic diversity of Erwinia amylovora: the causal agent of fire blight

J Puławska, P Sobiczewski - Trees, 2012 - Springer
Erwinia amylovora is a polyphagous bacterium causing fire blight on apple, pear and over
130 other plant species belonging mainly to the Rosaceae family. Although E. amylovora is …