Fire blight: the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora

• Published in: Fire blight: the disease and its causative agent
• Main Author: Vanneste, Joël L.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2000; CABI Pub; CABI
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: aminoglycoside antibiotics; angiosperms; antibiotics; apples; Bacteria; bacterial diseases; bacterial infections; bacterioses; bacterium; chemical control; Control; crops; disease resistance; economics; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; epidemiology; Erwinia; Erwinia amylovora; Erwinia amylovora > Control; eudicots; eukaryotes; Fire-blight; fireblight; fruit crops; fungicide resistance; fungicide tolerance; Gammaproteobacteria; genetically engineered organisms; genetically engineered plants; genetically modified organisms; genetically modified plants; geographical distribution; GEOs; GMOs; host range; Malus; nurseries; orchards; pathogens; pear; pears; phytopathogenic bacteria; phytopathogens; plant disease control; plant diseases; plant nurseries; plant pathogenic bacteria; plant pathogens; plants; pome fruits; prokaryotes; Proteobacteria; Pyrus; resistance to disease; risk assessment; Rosaceae; Rosales; Spermatophyta; temperate fruits; temperate tree fruits; toxins; transgenic organisms; transgenic plants

Fire blight is a major disease of apples, pears and certain woody ornamental plants. It is caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. This organism was one of the first plant pathogenic bacteria to be extensively investigated, and has become a model for study by bacteriologists in the development of...