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Florida 4-H Forest Ecology

Florida 4-H Forest Ecology

Fireblight: Identifying Characteristics

Identifying the injury:
Blackened shoots, flowers and fruits; larger cankers on older stems.

Identifying the fungus:
Bacterial "ooze" is sometimes seen on recently infected fruits and flowers – rarely stems.

Susceptible trees:
Trees in the rose family (Rosaceae) – pears, apples, crabapples, hawthorne etc.


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