Putative resistance gene markers associated with quantitative trait loci for fire blight resistance in Malus ‘Robusta 5’ accessions

Table 2 Strains of Erwinia amylovora used in this study

Strain	Geographic Origin	Host of Origin	Originally Isolated By	References
E2002a¹	Ontario, Canada	M. X domestica‘Jonathan’	W.G. Bonn	[15, 17, 106]
Ea222_JKI²	Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic	Cotoneaster sp.	B. Kokoskova	[107]
Ea273	New York State, US	M. X domestica ‘R.I. Greening’	S.V. Beer	[15, 17, 108]
ICMP11176	Hawke’s Bay, NZ	M. X domestica‘Gala’	R.G. Clark (donor)	[87]

¹ Also referred to as Ea265 [15, 17].
² Distinct from strain Ea222 previously cited by Norelli et al. [109], also referred to as Ea222 [107], original Czech designation was 50/92.

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