Fire blight is not believed to be present in Australia though it might possibly exist there.

Fire blight is especially persistent during warm, wet weather.

Don't let the possibility of fire blight scare you away from growing this tasty fruit, though.

Botrytis disease may be found on tulips; it is also called fire blight.

Initially copper sprays were used for fire blight control in the 1930s but this method had limited success.

Here most of his work was with bacterial or fire blight of pear.

The second year, the apples got fire blight, a disease that makes the trees look as if fire has been set to their branches.

Another disease, fire blight, kills young shoots and reduces the tree's ability to survive severe weather.

It is also considered highly susceptible to the Enterobacteria fire blight and has been used as a test species to trial new methods of control.

Already, though, plant pathologists at Cornell have determined that some of the wild trees are resistant to fire blight.

The rootstock is very susceptible to fire blight and can develop burr knots.

The plant can suffer from fire blight.

Brown Snout is very susceptible to fire blight.

If the plant succumbs, plant elsewhere with a hybrid that is resistant to fire blight.

The three worst diseases of apples are fire blight, cedar-apple rust and scab.

It is a cultivar that is susceptible to bitter pit, and fire blight.

It is susceptible to collar rot and fire blight and should not be planted in a wet site.

He introduced Erwinia amylovora as the causal agent of pear fire blight.

There is fire blight, a bacterial infection, to worry about, and viruses and borers.

The name fire blight is an apt description of the blackened flowers, leaves and twigs, which look as though they were burned.

Pruning pyracantha during dormancy will minimize the chances of spreading fire blight.

Certain biological controls consisting of beneficial bacteria or yeast can also prevent fire blight from infecting new trees.

In parts of Europe where fire blight was previously unknown, cultivated specimens of this species are among the first plants identified as infected.

Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family Rosaceae.

Fire Blight Q. The new leaves on my weeping crab apple look burned and deformed.