Fire blight resistance, irrigation and conducive wet weather improve Erwinia amylovora winter survival in cankers

Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight, a disease responsible for enormous economic losses in the pome fruit-producing areas where it is present. Despite the abundant research on fire blight, information about E. amylovora population dynamics and survival in fire blight cankers and the plant defense r...

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Main Authors: Ricardo D. Santander, Fatemeh Khodadadi, Christopher L. Meredith, Željko Rađenović, Jon Clements, Srđan G. Aćimović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1009364/full