Fire Blight The Disease and its Causative Agent, Erwinia amylovora -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- What is Fire Blight? Who is Erwinia amylovora? How to Control It? -- I The Disease -- Epidemiology of Fire Blight -- Distribution and EconomicImportance of Fire Blight* -- Genetic Diversity and Host Range of Erwinia amylovora -- Migration of Erwinia amylovora in Host Plant Tissues -- II The Pathogen -- Erwinia amylovora: General Characteristics, Biochemistry and Serology -- Exopolysaccharides of Erwinia amylovora: Structure, Biosynthesis, Regulation, Role in Pathogenicity of Amylovoran and Levan -- hrp Genes and Harpins of Erwinia amylovora: a Decade of Discovery -- Disease-specific Genes of Erwinia amylovora: Keys to Understanding Pathogenesis and Potential Targets for Disease Contro -- Iron and Fire Blight: Role in Pathogenicity of Desferrioxamine E, the Main Siderophore of Erwinia amylovora -- III Control of Fire Blight -- Chemical Control of Fire Blight -- The Development of Streptomycin-resistant Strains of Erwinia amylovora -- Index.