Tag: fire blight

• Question of the Week – Fire Blight

  

  What’s causing this apple shoot tip to wilt and droop? This picture shows very early symptoms of fire blight disease on a young apple shoot. Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is a disease that affects apple trees and can move quickly through young, tender growth. Early on—like in the shoot shown here—the…

  Justin Ballew

  April 30, 2026

  Question of the Week

  Apples, bacteria, disease management, fire blight, Question of the Week, wilting shoot tip