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Fireblight

Description

Fireblight, a highly destructive disease of several members of the rose family, is caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. This bacterial organism is native to North America and is present throughout the continent where susceptible rose family hosts are grown. In Alberta, this disease can affect many highly desirable hardy ornamentals and fruit-producing species in the rose family including apple, crabapple, cotoneaster, hawthorn, pear, mountain ash, raspberry, saskatoon berry, plum and cherry. It is particularly destructive to species that are not native to Canada such as crabapple, apple and pear.

Updated

December 1, 2016

Tags
firebight plant disease control plant diseases roses trees vegetable diseases

Title and publication information

Type
Fact Sheet
Series Title

Agri-facts

Frequency

Other

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development (1992-2006)

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture
Subject (LCSH)

Fire-blight.

Resource Dates

Date Created

2007-04-01

Date Added

2015-12-16T20:50:20.941188

Date Modified

2016-12-01

Date Issued

2007-04-01

Audience information

Identifiers

AGDEX number

636-1

NEOS catalogue key

3910108

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Agriculture and Forestry

Contact Other

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Ag-Info Centre Call toll-free: 310-FARM (3276)