Researchers are improving the forecasting tool that layers in RH, bloom age, and cultivar-specific susceptibility for better fire blight risk assessment. The post How Washington scientists are ...

Fire blight remains one of the most destructive bacterial diseases threatening global apple production, with limited long-term control options.

A microscopic organism that thrives in the most inhospitable environments on the planet could become a weapon against fire blight, a disease that can devastate Pacific Northwest apple and pear ...

Fire blight is a rapidly spreading bacterial disease often characterized by rapidly dying shoots that turn black or brown and bend into a shepherds crook shape. Fire blight is a rapidly spreading ...