fire blight
noun
: a destructive infectious disease especially of apples, pears, and related fruits caused by a bacterium (Erwinia amylovora)
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Because of fire blight, a disease affecting pear and apple trees, the Callery pear was introduced in breeding programs to resist the disease.
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Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2024
Charon said fire blight has wreaked havoc on her orchard for eight or nine years.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024
Callery pear tree seeds were brought to the U.S. from China in 1916 to help breeders create fruit-bearing pear trees more resistant to fire blight, a disease that destroys leaves and fruit, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Spray dormant fruit trees and roses now to prevent leaf curl, fire blight, downy mildew, aphids, scale and other problems in spring and summer.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
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Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2024
Charon said fire blight has wreaked havoc on her orchard for eight or nine years.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024
Callery pear tree seeds were brought to the U.S. from China in 1916 to help breeders create fruit-bearing pear trees more resistant to fire blight, a disease that destroys leaves and fruit, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Spray dormant fruit trees and roses now to prevent leaf curl, fire blight, downy mildew, aphids, scale and other problems in spring and summer.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Fire blight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20blight. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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