Virulent Erwinia amylovora strains, isolated at different times in different areas of Italy and
Spain, were assayed by PFGE analysis of genomic DNA after an Xba I digestion. Strains …

Fire blight has been detected recently in several areas of northern Spain and north‐eastern
Italy. To follow spread of the disease within Europe, more than 120 Erwinia amylovora …

Fire blight, a bacteriosis of apple and pear, was assayed with molecular tools to associate its
origin in Russia, Slovenia and south-eastern Austria with neighboring countries. The …

Aims: Erwinia amylovora is one of the most important pathogens of pear and apple and is
subject to strict quarantine regulations worldwide, although its patterns of dispersal are …

The official cases of fire blight have been remarkable increased in host plants other than
pear-tree in Emilia-Romagna (Northeastern Italy) beginning from 1997 when the first …

Erivinia amylovora strains from the Mediterranean region including Italy, and from eastern
Europe were assayed for their PFGE patterns after an Xbal digest of the genomic DNA. The …

Aims: We have examined the intraspecific diversity of a collection of 63 Spanish strains of
Erwinia amylovora, isolated from 1995 to 2001, to determine whether or not they could be …

One hundred and thirty strains of Erwinia amylovora recovered from Spanish foci of fire
blight from 1995 to 2000 were characterised and compared to reference strains from …

Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora Burr.(Winslow et al., 1920) is an important limiting
factor in apple and pear trees production and in other fruit trees and ornamental plants …

Fire blight is one of the most important diseases from a quarantine standpoint as several
important pome-fruit producing regions are still free of the pathogen, Erwinia amylovora (van …