Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Julius Kühn Institute in Germany have created the first fire-blight-resistant apple. With the aid of so-called cis-genetic engineering, they transfered a resistance ...

If you see brown or blackened leaves, a tan oozing substance or streaks on the branches of certain ornamental or fruit trees or if it looks like your fruit tree has been scorched by fire, your tree ...

Fire blight is so named because inflicted trees such as this flowering pear appear to be scorched. (Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab photo) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fire blight is ...

Like humans, certain plants are treated with antibiotics to ward off pathogens and protect the host. Saving millions, antibiotics are one of the 20th century's greatest scientific discoveries, but ...

If you notice droopy, dried-out flower clusters on your pears, Asian pears, quince, apples or crabapples, fire blight may be the cause. Fire blight is caused by a bacterium and is a common and ...

If you are noticing droopy, dried-out flower clusters on your pears, Asian pears, quince, apples or crabapples, fire blight may be the cause. Fire blight is caused by a bacterium and is a common and ...

This press release is also available in Spanish. Apple Scab and Fire Blight are two of the most important diseases affecting apple trees. The Venezuelan biologist, Alejandro Martínez Bilbao, has ...

All over Gem County, the Fire Blight fungus is taking over. What starts as a bacterial ooze, quickly turns to the tree’s bark becoming dark and eventually causing tree limbs to break off. Fire blight, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fire blight is a devastating disease. (Image courtesy of the American Phytopathological Society) After a $222 million blow to ...

Apr. 17—MOSES LAKE — Frank Zhao, a professor of plant pathology at Washington State University, spoke at the April 4 Fire Blight Webinar hosted by Michigan State University, providing an update on ...

Apples, pears, crabapples and even some ornamentals are infected by fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease. Fire blight damage is noticeable when infected leaves suddenly turn brown, as if ...