Fire Blight Control Strategy in Belgium KU Leuven
© 2014, International Society for Horticultural Science. All rights reserved. Fire blight, caused by the bacteria Erwinia amylovora (Burill, Winslow et al.), is already more than 30 years present in Belgian fruit growing areas and still remains an important threat leading each year to economic losses in orchards as well as in fruit tree nurseries. Since 2005, the use of the antibiotic streptomycin is forbidden in Belgium and new strategies to ...