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Pear blight
Pear Pear (p[^a]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. Perry.] (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below. Pear blight. (a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minute insect (Xyleborus pyri), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J. Downing. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A very small beetle (Xyleborus pyri) whose larv[ae] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither. Pear family (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants (Pome[ae]), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hawthorn. Pear gauge (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. Pear shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Pyrula, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape. Pear slug (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.

Meaning of Pear blight from wikipedia

- Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family Rosaceae. It is a serious concern...
- al., is the most severe disease of pear and also is found in apple and raspberry, among others. Bacterial leaf blight of rice, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas...
- Schuyler S. (ed.), "Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding for Fire Blight Resistance in Pear", The Pear Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes, Cham: Springer International...
- and Technology, 1995 Vanneste, Fire Blight, 2000 Korba, Evaluation of susceptibility of pear cultivars to fire blight in the Czech Republic, Hort.Sci. Prague...
- pear trees, they can be difficult to manage against diseases. Their size makes it difficult to apply pesticides, which makes preventing fire blight,...
- tree is cold-hardy, frost-resistant, and resistant to fire blight. The Seckel is a winter pear, harvested in the fall, which can be stored for about 5 months...
- the tree species they infest. A significant member, X. dispar, causes pear blight. Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff, 1875 Xyleborus...
- beetle Paropsisterna m-fus**** Xyleborus glabratus Xyleborus dispar (pear blight beetle) Xyleborus similis Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer Aethina tumida...
- Xyleborus dispar is a species of bark beetle commonly called the Pear blight beetle, or the European shothole borer. It is an invasive species in North...
- beetle) Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer) Xyleborus dispar (pear blight beetle) Xyleborus glabratus (redbay ambrosia beetle) Xyleborus similis...