Organic Growers Losing Fire Blight Tool

摘要

THE National Organic Standards Board recently made the controversial recommendation to the National Organic Program to let two of the most effective antibiotics for battling fire blight in apples and pears, streptomycin and oxytetracycline, sunset outof acceptable use by Oct. 21, 2014. During this past year's Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market Expo in Grand Rapids, MI, a panel of speakers including Matt Grieshop of Michigan State University, David Granatstein of Washington State University,and Jim Koan of Almar Orchards, led a conversation that covered the effects of this decision, and the research being conducted to find alternatives.