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

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

You-fu ZHAO¹  Wen-jun ZHAO²  Bai-shi HU³  Yan-li TIAN³  Li-min WANG³  Guo-min GENG⁴  Yu-qiang ZHAO⁴ 

[1] Correspondence HU Bai-shi, Tel: [phone];Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100029, P.R.China;College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China;Jiangsu 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.China;

关键词: fire blight;    Erwinia amylovora;    biology;    epidemiology;    disease control;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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