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Fire blight -
PHOTOS FROM THE TEXAS A&M PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY.
The Titus County Extension Office has received numerous calls and reports of black shoots on trees in the area. The cause of these wilted and black shoots on trees is Fire blight, a bacterium that causes vascular wilt in many varieties of trees including apples, pears, ornamental pears such as Bradford pears and some members of the Rosaceae family. The symptoms of fire blight can be noticed very…