Fire blight: applied genomic insights of the pathogen and host

M Malnoy, S Martens, JL Norelli… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight, an invasive
disease that threatens a wide range of commercial and ornamental Rosaceae host plants …

Status of fire blight resistance breeding in Malus

A Peil, OF Emeriewen, A Khan, S Kostick… - Journal of Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Malus domestica (apple) is one of the most important fruit crops worldwide. Fire blight,
caused by Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most destructive bacterial diseases that impacts …

Application of a high‐speed breeding technology to apple (Malus × domestica) based on transgenic early flowering plants and marker‐assisted selection

H Flachowsky, PM Le Roux, A Peil, A Patocchi… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Breeding of apple (Malus× domestica) remains a slow process because of protracted
generation cycles. Shortening the juvenile phase to achieve the introgression of traits from …

Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Resistance to the Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia amylovora, Causal Agent of Fire Blight Disease in Rosaceae

MA Khan, Y Zhao, SS Korban - Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2012 - Springer
Fire blight, caused by the necrogenic Gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is one of
the most destructive bacterial diseases of apple (Malus× domestica) and pear (Pyrus …

Towards genomic selection in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) breeding programmes: Prospects, challenges and strategies

S Kumar, MCAM Bink, RK Volz, VGM Bus… - Tree Genetics & …, 2012 - Springer
The apple genome sequence and the availability of high-throughput genoty**
technologies have initiated a new era where SNP markers are abundant across the whole …

Erwinia amylovora loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid pathogen detection and on-site diagnosis of fire blight

A Bühlmann, JF Pothier, F Rezzonico… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Several molecular methods have been developed for the detection of Erwinia amylovora,
the causal agent of fire blight in pear and apple, but none are truly applicable for on-site use …

Putative resistance gene markers associated with quantitative trait loci for fire blight resistance in Malus 'Robusta 5' accessions

SE Gardiner, JL Norelli, N Silva, G Fazio, A Peil… - BMC genetics, 2012 - Springer
Background Breeding of fire blight resistant scions and rootstocks is a goal of several
international apple breeding programs, as options are limited for management of this …

Epistatic fire blight resistance QTL alleles in the apple cultivar 'Enterprise'and selection X-6398 discovered and characterized through pedigree-informed analysis

E Van de Weg, M Di Guardo, M Jänsch… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Most cultivated apple cultivars are highly susceptible to fire blight, caused by Erwinia
amylovora. However, differences in resistance levels are observed among cultivars and …

Malus Hosts–Erwinia amylovora Interactions: Strain Pathogenicity and Resistance Mechanisms

OF Emeriewen, T Wöhner, H Flachowsky… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The bacterium, Erwinia amylovora, deposits effector proteins such as AvrRpt2EA into hosts
through the type III secretion pathogenicity island to cause fire blight in susceptible Malus …

Prospects for achieving durable disease resistance with elite fruit quality in apple breeding

F Luo, K Evans, JL Norelli, Z Zhang, C Peace - Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2020 - Springer
Apple industries suffer from major apple diseases because of widely planted susceptible
cultivars. Developed disease-resistant cultivars that often carry only a single source of …