Highlights from emerging fire blight research shared at the International Symposium of Fire Blight on Rosaceous Plants, hosted by Washington State University in June 2025.

A microscopic organism that thrives in the most inhospitable environments on the planet could become a weapon against fire blight, a disease that can devastate Pacific Northwest apple and pear ...

Fire blight, the disease caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, can spread quickly from tree to tree. Once an outbreak ...

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 ...

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