DOI: 10.1094/php-04-26-0095-br ISSN: 1535-1025
Emergence of streptomycin-resistant Erwinia amylovora on apple in Kansas
Emma Alstott, George Sundin, Xiaochen Yuan, Suzanne SlackIn this brief, the authors describe the first detection of streptomycin-resistant Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease, from Kansas, USA. The identified bacterial strains are genetically similar to previously reported streptomycin-resistant strains from New York.