IDENTIFICATION AND SURVEY OF FIRE BLIGHT DISEASE ON APPLE AND PEAR TREES IN JABEL EL-AKHDAR AREA, LIBYA.
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This study was carried out during the growth season of apple and pear of the year 2007, to survey and identify the causal agent of fire blight disease in different regions (ELfaidia, Shahat, Elbieda, Elwesita and Gernada) of El-Jabel El-akhdar area. The diagnostic symptoms of this disease included the change of the color of pear and apple flowers to black, pear leaves to black and apple leaves to brown .The ooze was observed on curly pear fruits and finally the fruit was mummified. Results of the survey revealed that the high severity disease was recorded at the study period in ELfaidia region (44.25%) followed by Shahat, Elbieda, Elwesita and Gernada (32.49%). The samples were collected for isolation purposes and the morphological, cultural, biochemical and physiological characters indicated that the causal agent of this disease was the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. Pathgenicity test on premature pear fruits and slices of premature pear and apple fruites confirmed this conclusion. The specific PCR amplification by using specific E. amylovora primers confirmed the identification of these isolates.
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