Fire blight

Leaflet systemically invaded by fire blight bacteria.

Pyracantha with blighted twig. Ingress was probably through blossoms. Cankers commonly occur on bran

Typical symptoms of fire blight-infected shoot.

Dead shoot, the result of systemic infection.

Fire blight cankers on major limb. Pluot is an interspecific hybrid of plum and apricot.

Stem and leaf infection with bacterial ooze on stem.

Shoot with stem infection.

Crook-necked terminal end of succulent young stem, characteristic of fire blight infection of Japane

Diseased terminal shoot and advancing infection.

Typical symptoms of fire blight-infected, young European plum shoot.