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World Encyclopedia of Plant Bacterial Diseases
FIRE BLIGHT
|
Pear
SOURCE:
S. Thomson
DISEASE:
Fire blight
HOST:
Pear
(
Pyrus communis
)
Blossom blight is first seen as water-soaked spots that rapidly turn brown to black as the disease becomes systemic and progresses down the shoot.
PATHOGEN:
Erwinia amylovora