Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China

Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears, causing enormous economic losses around the world. The disease is indigenous to North America and has spread to more than 50 countries since its discovery in 1870s. Recent reports of the disease in China's n...

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Main Authors: Yu-qiang ZHAO, Yan-li TIAN, Li-min WANG, Guo-min GENG, Wen-jun ZHAO, Bai-shi HU, You-fu ZHAO
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-04-01
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description Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears, causing enormous economic losses around the world. The disease is indigenous to North America and has spread to more than 50 countries since its discovery in 1870s. Recent reports of the disease in China's neighboring countries, including South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, pose great threat to the world's leading producer of apples and pears. This mini-review intends to provide an update on the disease, pathogen biology, epidemiology, and control. It will also provide some perspectives and suggestions for the apple and pear industry and growers in China, which will face the imminent threat of this devastating disease.
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spelling doaj-art-cd3a88daf1eb4feaa60e7dfb047740522025-08-20T03:57:44ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192019-04-0118481582010.1016/S2095-3119(18)62033-7Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in ChinaYu-qiang ZHAO0Yan-li TIAN1Li-min WANG2Guo-min GENG3Wen-jun ZHAO4Bai-shi HU5You-fu ZHAO6Jiangsu Key Laboratory for the Research and Utilization of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen), Nanjing 210014, P.R.ChinaCollege of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, P.R.ChinaCollege of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, P.R.ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory for the Research and Utilization of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen), Nanjing 210014, P.R.ChinaChinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100029, P.R.ChinaCollege of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China; Correspondence HU Bai-shi, Tel: +86-25-84396012Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA; Correspondence ZHAO You-fu, Tel: +1-217-2659822Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears, causing enormous economic losses around the world. The disease is indigenous to North America and has spread to more than 50 countries since its discovery in 1870s. Recent reports of the disease in China's neighboring countries, including South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, pose great threat to the world's leading producer of apples and pears. This mini-review intends to provide an update on the disease, pathogen biology, epidemiology, and control. It will also provide some perspectives and suggestions for the apple and pear industry and growers in China, which will face the imminent threat of this devastating disease.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311918620337fire blightErwinia amylovorabiologyepidemiologydisease control
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Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture
fire blight
Erwinia amylovora
biology
epidemiology
disease control
title Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China
title_full Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China
title_fullStr Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China
title_full_unstemmed Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China
title_short Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China
title_sort fire blight disease a fast approaching threat to apple and pear production in china
topic fire blight
Erwinia amylovora
biology
epidemiology
disease control
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311918620337
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