Fire blight disease, a fast-approaching threat to apple and pear production in China  

作　　者：ZHAO Yu-qiang TIAN Yan-li WANG Li-min GENG Guo-min ZHAO Wen-jun HU Bai-shi ZHAO You-fu 

机构地区：[1]Jiangsu Key Laboratory for the Research and Utilization of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen) [2]College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education [3]Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine [4]Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》2019年第4期815-820,共6页农业科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFC1201200);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31500107 and 31772231)

摘　　要：Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears, causing enormous economic losses around the world. The disease is indigenous to North America and has spread to more than 50 countries since its discovery in 1870 s. Recent reports of the disease in China's neighboring countries, including South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, pose great threat to the world's leading producer of apples and pears. This mini-review intends to provide an update on the disease, pathogen biology, epidemiology, and control. It will also provide some perspectives and suggestions for the apple and pear industry and growers in China, which will face the imminent threat of this devastating disease.Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears, causing enormous economic losses around the world. The disease is indigenous to North America and has spread to more than 50 countries since its discovery in 1870 s. Recent reports of the disease in China's neighboring countries, including South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, pose great threat to the world's leading producer of apples and pears. This mini-review intends to provide an update on the disease, pathogen biology, epidemiology, and control. It will also provide some perspectives and suggestions for the apple and pear industry and growers in China, which will face the imminent threat of this devastating disease.

关 键 词：fire blight ERWINIA amylovora BIOLOGY epidemiology DISEASE control 

分 类 号：S[农业科学]