Non-Chemical Management
- Prune and destroy affected tissues during spring and summer. Make pruning cuts well below infected area. Sterilize tools between cuts.
- Avoid overhead watering.
- Fertilize moderately to prevent excessive growth of very susceptible shoots.
- Species reported to be resistant to fire blight include Cotoneaster adpressus praecox and C. a. p. 'Boer', C. apiculatus, C. bacillaris, C. dielsianus and C. d. var. elegans, C. distica, C. foveolatus, C. franchetii, C. harroviana, C. integerriumus, C. mi
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