Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apples, pears, crabapples and even some ornamentals are infected by fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease. Fire blight ...

If you are noticing droopy, dried-out flower clusters on your pears, Asian pears, quince, apples or crabapples, fire blight may be the cause. Fire blight is caused by a bacterium and is a common and ...

If you are noticing droopy, dried-out flower clusters on your pears, Asian pears, quince, apples or crabapples, fire blight may be the cause. Fire blight is caused by a bacterium and is a common and ...

PAW PAW, MI --The episodes of fire blight that have popped up in Southwest Michigan orchards this year have been largely confined to older trees, which will likely survive the disease said Michigan ...

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Srdjan Acimovic lopped off a tree branch loaded with Bartlett pears and told growers and researchers it was painful but necessary. “This hurts you, right? You’re throwing away ...

Fire blight is so named because inflicted trees such as this flowering pear appear to be scorched. (Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab photo) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fire blight is ...

This spring has provided ideal conditions for fire blight attacks on local pear trees and other susceptible plants. Fire blight is a bacterial disease that is often devastating to both ornamental and ...

Fruit farmers dread fire blight. The infection keeps flaring up again and causes considerable damage to apple plantations. In 2007, when the last major epidemic hit Switzerland, the damage the country ...

Your beloved apple tree had blackening blossoms in spring and this fall you see black shoots. The ornamental pear tree on your street has browning shoots. The quince tree in your aunt’s backyard has a ...

Boulder County trees just can’t seem to catch a break. First it was Dutch elm disease, then the pine beetle and emerald ash borer, now it’s fire blight. Attracted to ornamental, fruit-bearing trees, ...

My flowering crabapple has some funny-looking branches on it now. The branches have brown leaves that appear to have dried up at the ends and are not falling off the tree. What is happening and what ...