Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Resistance to the Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia amylovora, Causal Agent of Fire Blight Disease in Rosaceae

MA Khan, Y Zhao, SS Korban - Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2012 - Springer
Fire blight, caused by the necrogenic Gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is one of
the most destructive bacterial diseases of apple (Malus× domestica) and pear (Pyrus …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of genes differentially expressed during interaction of resistant and susceptible apple cultivars (Malus × domestica) with Erwinia amylovora

A Baldo, JL Norelli, RE Farrell, CL Bassett… - BMC plant biology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background The necrogenic enterobacterium, Erwinia amylovora is the causal
agent of the fire blight (FB) disease in many Rosaceaespecies, including apple and pear …

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 …

Identification of novel strain-specific and environment-dependent minor QTLs linked to fire blight resistance in apples

E Desnoues, JL Norelli, HS Aldwinckle… - Plant Molecular Biology …, 2018 - Springer
Since its first report almost 200 years ago, fire blight, caused by the gram-negative bacterium
Erwinia amylovora, has threatened apple and pear production globally. Identifying novel …

[HTML][HTML] Malus Hosts–Erwinia amylovora Interactions: Strain Pathogenicity and Resistance Mechanisms

OF Emeriewen, T Wöhner, H Flachowsky… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The bacterium, Erwinia amylovora, deposits effector proteins such as AvrRpt2EA into hosts
through the type III secretion pathogenicity island to cause fire blight in susceptible Malus …

[HTML][HTML] Fire blight disease reactome: RNA-seq transcriptional profile of apple host plant defense responses to Erwinia amylovora pathogen infection

T Kamber, JP Buchmann, JF Pothier, THM Smits… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The molecular basis of resistance and susceptibility of host plants to fire blight, a major
disease threat to pome fruit production globally, is largely unknown. RNA-sequencing data …

Apple Proteins that Interact with DspA/E, a Pathogenicity Effector of Erwinia amylovora, the Fire Blight Pathogen

X Meng, JM Bonasera, JF Kim… - Molecular plant …, 2006 - Am Phytopath Society
The disease-specific (dsp) gene dspA/E of Erwinia amylovora encodes an essential
pathogenicity effector of 198 kDa, which is critical to the development of the devastating …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative transcriptome analysis of a lowly virulent strain of Erwinia amylovora in shoots of two apple cultivars – susceptible and resistant to fire blight

J Puławska, M Kałużna, W Warabieda, A Mikiciński - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Erwinia amylovora is generally considered to be a homogeneous species in
terms of phenotypic and genetic features. However, strains show variation in their virulence …

Identification of genetic loci associated with fire blight resistance in Malus through combined use of QTL and association mapping

MA Khan, Y Zhao, SS Korban - Physiologia Plantarum, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Fire blight, incited by the enterobacterium Erwinia amylovora, is a destructive disease of
Rosaceae, particularly of apples and pears. There are reports on the molecular mechanisms …

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 …