> "Why? are there bacterial diseases of sugar beet, there are some bacterial
diseases of plants but few of them produce economic loss. could this be an
urban myth in the making?"
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> Yes, I wondered about that. There are bacterial cankers on things like
Walnuts, and Fire Blight on Pears and some other Rose family members and
some others, but even then you don't treat with antibiotics, at least not
> that I've ever heard. What's the AFB and/or EFB situation in China?

Just letting you know that fire blight attacks several species of trees,
like apples, hawthorns, as well as pears, and bacteria populations are
monitored in commercial orchards, and treated with an antibiotic when
needed.
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