Fire Blight: The Disease and its Causative Agent, Erwinia amylovora

Main Description
Fire blight is a major disease of apples, pears and certain woody ornamental plants. It is caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. This organism was one of the first plant pathogenic bacteria to be extensively investigated, and has become a model for study by bacteriologists in the development of their subject.
Written by leading research workers from the USA, Europe and New Zealand, this book is the first comprehensive volume for twenty years to address this subject.

Reviews
"This book may be considered the most up-to-date reference book on fire blight. It should be on the must-have list of scientists and graduate students working in the field of bacteriology, disease control, plant breeding, and molecular-plant microbe interactions."
Duane W. Greene, HortScience, 36(6), Oct 2001

Main Contents
• What is Fire Blight? Who is Erwinia amylovora? How to Control It? Joλl L Vanneste, HortResearch, New Zealand
Part I: The Disease
• Epidemiology of Fire Blight, Sherman V Thomson, Dept Biology, Utah State University, USA
• Distribution and Economic Importance of Fire Blight, W Gordon Bonn, Ontario, Canada and Tom van der Zwet, United States Department of Agriculture, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USA
• Genetic Diversity and Host Range of Erwinia amylovora, M Timur Momol, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA and Herb S Aldwinckle, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, USA
• Migration of Erwinia amylovora in Host Plant Tissues, Joλl L Vanneste, HortResearch, New Zealand and Simon Eden-Green, Natural Resources International, UK
Part II: The Pathogen
• Erwinia amylovora: General Characteristics, Biochemistry and Serology, Jean-Pierre Paulin, INRA, France
• Exopolysaccharides of Erwinia amylovora: Structure, Biosynthesis, Regulation, Role in Pathogenicity of Amylovoran and Levan, Klaus Geider, Max-Planck-Institut fόr Zellbiologie, Germany
• hrp Genes and Harpins of Erwinia amylovora: a Decade of Discovery, Jihyun F Kim and Steven V Beer, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, USA
• Disease-specific Genes of Erwinia amylovora: Keys to Understanding Pathogenesis and Potential Targets for Disease Control, Adam J Bogdanove, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, USA, Jihyun F Kim and Steven V Beer, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, USA
• Iron and Fire Blight: Role in Pathogenicity of Desferrioxamine E, the Main Siderophore of Erwinia amylovora, Dominique Expert and Alia Dellagi, INRA-INA, France and Remy Kachadourian, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Universitι Paris-Sud, France
Part III: Control of Fire Blight
• Chemical Control of Fire Blight, Peter G Psallidas, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Greece and J Tsiantos, NAGREF, Plant Protection Institute, Greece
• The Development of Streptomycin-resistant Strains of Erwinia amylovora, Alan L Jones and Elise L Schnabel, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, USA
• Breeding for Resistance to Fire Blight, Y Lespinasse, INRA-CR d’Angers – Unitι d’Amιlioration des Espθces Fruitiθres et Ornementales, France and Herb S Aldwinckle, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, USA
• Transgenic Varieties and Rootstocks Resistant to Fire Blight, John L Norelli, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, USA and Herb S Aldwinckle, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, USA
• Fire Blight Risk Assessment Systems and Models, Eve Billing, UK
• Biological Control of Fire Blight, Kenneth B Johnson and Virginia O Stockwell, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, USA
• Integrated Orchard and Nursery Management for the Control of Fire Blight, Paul W Steine, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Maryland, USA