First Report of Fire Blight on Indian Hawthorn Cultivar Olivia in Louisiana

Disease Resistance of Selected Cultivars of Indian Hawthorn in Alabama

Analysis of Fire Blight Shoot Infection Epidemics on Apple

Fire blight of apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) can be found throughout the United States and many other countries and is a serious problem on trees of susceptible apple cultivars (9). Fire blight is caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora and occurs also on pear, quince, Rubus spp., and several other rosaceous hosts. The initial inoculum in an established orchard comes from overwintering can...

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Development of the First Cisgenic Apple with Increased Resistance to Fire Blight

The generation and selection of novel fire blight resistant apple genotypes would greatly improve the management of this devastating disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora. Such resistant genotypes are currently developed by conventional breeding, but novel breeding technologies including cisgenesis could be an alternative approach. A cisgenic apple line C44.4.146 was regenerated using the cisgen...

First report of Septoria ficariae on Ranunculus muricatus in Iran

In the framework of study on taxonomy of the genus of Septoria in Iran, we studied herbarium specimen of R. muricatus (IRAN 8006F) collected during 1990 from Golestan province (N Iran). A Septoria species was observed on the specimen with following morphological features: leaf lesions, brown, amphigenous, extended through the entire leaf and equally visible on both sides. Conidiomata amphigeno...