Improved late-and post-bloom sanitation of fire blight pathogen
Author: Ken Johnson
Published: 2018
Summary: The objectives of this project were: 1) Evaluate EPA-registered materials for their ability to reduce epiphytic populations of the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora on pear and apple trees. 2) Evaluate the material, alum for fireblight control, to reduce epiphytic populations of E. amylovora on pear and apple trees, and to kill E. amylovora in laboratory-based dose-response experiments. 3) Evaluate and charactize the abilities of near-commercial preparations of E. amylovora-specivic 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 lab-based experiments dose-resopnse experiments.
