FIRE BLIGHT


Fire Blight

Plant Damage / Signs:
  • First flowers droop, shrivel and turn brown
  • Later shoot tips and terminal leaves droop,
        turning brown or black
  • Leaves appear scorched
  • Stems develop cankers (brown to black)
  • Large section of plant may be killed


    • Conditions:
  • Warm and wet


    • Note:
  • Fire Blight is caused by bacteria


    • Related Problem:
  • Bacterial blight of Lilac - Leaf spot,
        shoot blight and cankers
    		•  Plants:
  • Apple
  • Cotoneaster
  • Firethorn
  • Hawthorn
  • Loquat
  • Mountain Ash
  • Others in the Rose
        family occasionally


    • Timing:
  • Early Spring to Summer
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