Article
Phenotypic and genetic diversity of Erwinia amylovora: the causal agent of fire blight
2012-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Erwinia amylovora is a polyphagous bacterium causing fire blight on apple, pear and over 130 other plant species belonging mainly to the Rosaceae family. Although E. amylovora is regarded as a very homogenous species, the particular strains can differ in pathogenic ability as far as their host range is concerned (e.g. those originating from Rubus or Maloidae plants) as well as by the extent of the disease they cau...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1b8b8cb7-b31c-52b4-9604-4f9744f7e7de
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00468-011-0643-x
