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fire blight

NOUN
  1. a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees

How To Use fire blight In A Sentence

  • This attractive, glossy red apple has some resistance to diseases such as apple scab, cedar apple rust, and fire blight.
  • Its use in controlling bacterial infections such as apple and pear fire blight was also mentioned. Times, Sunday Times
  • Trees appear to resist bacterial canker but are very susceptible to fire blight.
  • He found that one kind of rootstock turned on twice as many stress tolerance genes in the scion as the other — and that that scion was more resistant to a bacterial disease called fire blight. Archive 2006-03-19
  • The tree seems to be experiencing dieback similar to fire blight.
  • Another issue is a particular variety's vulnerability to common diseases such as scab or fire blight.
  • The trees have been attacked by a bacterial disease known as fire blight.
  • Its use in controlling bacterial infections such as apple and pear fire blight was also mentioned. Times, Sunday Times
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