FIREBLIGHT IN SWEDEN, EXPERIENCE AND FURTHER WORK
Fireblight, Erwinia amylovora, was found for the first time in 1986 in the south east of Sweden, in an apple and pear growing orchard.
The disease has been found since then in other orchards, on Crataegus spp. and Cotoneaster spp.
The first strategy was to eradicate the disease completely. In 1989, when the weather conditions had been very favourable and the disease had spread even more, the strategie was changed. Nurseries and orchards were closely surveyed. Infections in the countryside were only eradicated when they were found in the neighbourhood of nurseries and orchards.
Tests were carried out to try to find out at which stage latent infections could be detected in the field.
Gråberg, Maria K. (1993). FIREBLIGHT IN SWEDEN, EXPERIENCE AND FURTHER WORK. Acta Hortic. 338, 33-36
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.338.2
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.338.2
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.338.2
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.338.2
338_2
33-36
- Division Temperate Tree Fruits
- Division Temperate Tree Nuts
- Division Vine and Berry Fruits
- Division Ornamental Plants
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Division Physiology and Plant-Environment Interactions of Horticultural Crops in Field Systems
- Division Protected Cultivation and Soilless Culture
- Division Postharvest and Quality Assurance
- Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts