Improved late-and post-bloom sanitation of fire blight pathogen
Author: Ken Johnson
Published: 2018
Summary: The objectives of this project were to evaluate EPA-registered materials for their ability to reduce epiphytic populations of the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora, on pear and apple trees, and to kill E. amylovora in laboratory-based dose-response experiments. Also to evaluate the mineral material, alum and to characterize abilities of near-commercial preparations of E. amylovora-specific phage and protective amendments for fire blight control, to reduce epiphytic populations of E. amylovora on pear and apple trees, and to kill E. amylovora in laboratory-based dose-response experiments.
