Endowed chair launches new lab to study evolving bacterial foes of tree fruit
Frank Zhao will study and seek better ways to manage devastating pathogens.
Frank Zhao will study and seek better ways to manage devastating pathogens.
Named for the crooked, blackened branches it leaves behind, fire blight can wreck entire Northwest apple orchards in a single season. Growers depend on antibiotics to keep the fire blight bacteria, Erwinia amylovora, in check, but the pathogen has already developed resistance in many growing areas. It’s only a matter of time before antibiotics won’t […]