Disease · 19 plants in our database

Fire blight

Erwinia amylovora

19 plants in our database

Which plants

Where you will find it.

Signs and protection differ by plant — the exact steps are on each plant’s page.

AppleMalus domesticaSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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Apple on M26/MM106 rootstock (semi-dwarf)Malus domesticaSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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Apple on M9 rootstock (dwarf)Malus domesticaSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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Callery pearPyrus calleryanaFrom late spring to autumn

Blossoms and shoots suddenly turn black and hang as if scorched, sticky white fluid oozes from the infections; sunken cankers form.

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Columnar apple treeMalus domesticaSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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Common hawthornCrataegus monogynaSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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Common medlarMespilus germanicaFrom late spring to autumn

Wilting and black-brown discolouration of blossom and shoots, hooked (shepherd's crook) shoot tip, amber drops of slime in damp warmth.

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Common ninebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius

Wilting of blossom and shoots, slimy ooze, looks scorched.

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Common pearPyrus communisFrom late spring to autumn

Blossoms and shoots suddenly turn black and hang as if scorched, sticky white fluid oozes from the infections; sunken cankers form.

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Fraser photiniaPhotinia × fraseri

Wilting and black-brown discolouration of blossom and shoots, hooked (shepherd's crook) shoot tip, amber drops of slime in damp warmth.

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Japanese crabappleMalus × floribundaSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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JuneberryAmelanchier × lamarckiiFrom late spring to autumn

Shoots die back and look scorched; worse in wet springs.

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Midland hawthornCrataegus laevigataSpring – autumn

Flowers wilt and die during flowering, shoots bend over like a shepherd's crook. Under the bark the wood is reddish-brown, with a slimy ooze in damp weather. A quarantine pest: report it to your national plant-protection authority.

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QuinceCydonia oblongaSpring – autumn

Wilting of blossom and shoots, slimy ooze, looks scorched.

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RowanSorbus aucupariaFrom late spring to autumn

Blossoms and shoots suddenly turn black and hang as if scorched, sticky white fluid oozes from the infections; sunken cankers form.

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WhitebeamSorbus ariaFrom late spring to autumn

Blossoms and shoots suddenly turn black and hang as if scorched, sticky white fluid oozes from the infections; sunken cankers form.

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Willow-leaved pearPyrus salicifoliaFrom late spring to autumn

Blossoms and shoots suddenly turn black and hang as if scorched, sticky white fluid oozes from the infections; sunken cankers form.

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