Dear Neil: The limbs on my apple and pear trees are turning black, almost as if they had been burned. I have read about fire blight and that streptomycin is the remedy, but I can't find it locally.

Fire blight is a rapidly spreading bacterial disease often characterized by rapidly dying shoots that turn black or brown and bend into a shepherds crook shape. Fire blight is a rapidly spreading ...

This week on Backyard Farmer learn some fire prevention tips & controlling pine needle blight. This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll help you with some fire prevention tips and controlling needle blight ...

Fire blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora, poses a serious threat to pome fruit cultivation and other rosaceous species worldwide. Recent advances in genetics and molecular ...