College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Fire blight

  Published on July 30, 2015
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• Fire blight, blossom blight

  Published on May 1, 2007
  

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  Fire blight survey—your feedback is needed

  Published on November 14, 2018
  Take a short survey about fire blight on your farm to help researchers address and improve fire blight disease management.

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  Fire blight reported in landscape crabapples

  Published on July 30, 2014
  Fire blight is not just a disease for commercial apple orchards. Landscape crabapple trees are also susceptible to Erwinia amylovora.

• Managing fire blight on ornamentals

  Published on June 8, 2007
  

• Extreme fire blight risk in northwest Michigan

  Published on May 31, 2011
  With epiphytic infection potential levels well over 200 in the north and severe weather forecast for later today (May 31), the risk of fire blight infection is great.

• APOGEE FOR FIRE BLIGHT (shoot blight) MANAGEMENT!!!!!

  Published on May 12, 2011
  Heads up – consider the potential for fire blight in your orchard and act NOW.

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  A primer for Streptomycin, Kasumin and Oxytetracycline use for fire blight management

  Published on May 21, 2019
  Streptomycin, Kasumin and oxytetracycline are registered for blossom blight control on pome fruit in the U.S. Informational summaries about these antibiotics and their use patterns are explained.

• Second International Symposium on Fire Blight of Rosaceous Plants

  The Second International Symposium on Fire Blight of Rosaceous Plants

• Tailoring fire blight predictions to your site: The Fire Blight Interactive Predictor

  Published on May 5, 2009
  

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  Fire blight management considerations for west central Michigan based on 2018 streptomycin resistance screens

  Published on August 7, 2018
  Project GREEEN funds provide for the regional mapping and rapid identification of streptomycin resistance in west central Michigan fire blight populations in apple orchards.

• Fire blight risk reduced temporarily

  Published on May 16, 2011
  Current weather conditions have reduced the risk of fire blight infection, but it is still essential to keep shoot blight under control.

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  Blossom blight management for upcoming warm conditions

  Published on May 21, 2019
  The combination of bloom and warm temperatures significantly raises the risk of fire blight infection in Michigan apple and pear orchards.

• Michigan State University researchers lead $5.2 million grant to investigate management strategies for fire blight

  Published on September 3, 2020
  George Sundin and Nikki Rothwell will lead a USDA-funded project examining fire blight, a disease that can kill apple and pear trees.

• Severe fire blight blossom blight risk for May 20-23

  Published on May 20, 2013
  Risk of blossom blight infection in Michigan orchards will be extremely high for the next three days. Orchard blocks of susceptible varieties should receive full covers of Kasumin or streptomycin at two-day intervals.

• Kasumin registered by EPA for fire blight control on pome fruit

  Published on September 24, 2014
  Kasumin 2L is now fully registered on pome fruit in the United States for control of fire blight. This product provides excellent control of blossom blight and is critically needed, especially in orchards impacted by streptomycin resistance.

• Enviro-weather’s Fire Blight Interactive Predictor modified to improve predictions

  Published on April 14, 2010
  

• Scouting for blossom blight symptoms of fire blight in apples

  Published on June 5, 2013
  Scouting for blossom blight symptoms allows you to gauge how effective your protection was during bloom. This article describes the blossom blight or spur blight phase of fire blight with pictures taken in southwest Michigan.

• Prune out fire blight in the winter

  Published on February 28, 2013
  Winter is the perfect time to remove fire blight cankers and reduce the disease in the spring.