Buds on crab apple and apple trees are swelling and flowers will soon appear. Homeowners having problems last year with fire blight in their apple trees should prepare to treat them, as treatments are ...

Antibiotic resistance in human and animal health is at the forefront of public debate, but it's a less well-known issue in ...

Dear Neil: The limbs on my apple and pear trees are turning black, almost as if they had been burned. I have read about fire blight and that streptomycin is the remedy, but I can't find it locally.

Fire blight researchers from around the country are making progress on applied disease management and understanding of the pathogen’s biology. The latest findings, which includes research in Michigan, ...

Fire blight is a rapidly spreading bacterial disease often characterized by rapidly dying shoots that turn black or brown and bend into a shepherds crook shape. Fire blight is a rapidly spreading ...

Fire blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora, poses a serious threat to pome fruit cultivation and other rosaceous species worldwide. Recent advances in genetics and molecular ...