单词	fire blight
释义	fire blight noun : a destructive infectious disease especially of apples, pears, and related fruits caused by a bacterium (Erwinia amylovora) Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web At the time, a fungus called fire blight was devastating U.S. pear orchards, University of Cincinnati researchers Theresa M. Culley and Nicole A. Hardiman wrote in a 2007 BioScience article about the plant's U.S. history. CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022 The Callery pear trees were once desirable ornamental trees but are now showing signs of fire blight, an internal bacterial disease, Graf said. Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2022 What mattered was that the plant was resistant to fire blight. CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022 Spray dormant fruit trees now to prevent leaf curl, fire blight, downy mildew, aphids, scale and other issues in spring and summer. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2022 For example, newer cultivars of flowering crabapple trees are usually resistant to apple scab and fire blight, diseases that disfigure many older trees. Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021 Answer: Put your pear tree on a lean diet to prevent excessive growth that is often affected by a disease known as fire blight. Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Feb. 2021 Pineapple is a popular variety for its quality fruit (better for cooking than fresh eating) and resistance to fire blight, a bacterial disease that causes flowers and leaves at the ends of branches to suddenly turn black as if burned. Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2021 George Sundin, a fruit-tree pathologist at Michigan State University, said in 2019, about fire blight, the most recent major threat to apples. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 June 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1742, in the meaning defined above
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