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 ...

Apples, pears, crabapples and even some ornamentals are infected by fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease. Fire blight damage is noticeable when infected leaves suddenly turn brown, as if ...

Fire blight is a bacterial disease of apple, crabapple, pear, hawthorn and other related species like cotoneaster. It causes branch dieback and can lead to tree or shrub death. We have seen an ...

It will be time to start pruning fruit trees later this month. As pruning begins, it's important to have good skills at identifying fire blight symptoms and have a multi-pronged approach for control, ...

If you find sticky, amber-colored droplets on your pear tree, your tree could be infected with fire pear blight, a bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora. Unfortunately, this pathogen can ...

Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects certain species in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is especially destructive to apples (Malus spp.), pears (Pyrus spp.), and crabapples (Malusspp.). The ...

TO OUR READERS: Dig It is a weekly column produced by the master gardeners of Colorado State University Extension in El Paso County.Question: Last year, I noticed some branches on my apple and ...

A: Fire blight is a disease destructive to blossoms, leaves, shoots, branches, fruit and roots. The disease is caused by a bacteria. The samples that are normally brought into the office are from ...

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 ...

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 ...