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But many more orchards and othe areas, including residential areas in the Lake OntarikFruit Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox virus befor e September. Teams working for the and the stat Department of Agriculture and Markets began taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequent laboratory tests did not disclosre any new outbreaks of the viruas inNiagara County, Jackie director of the USDA’s Lockport field office, In early May, as orchards optimism was growing that the spread of the which made its Niagara Count debut 2006 might be waning. Between 2006 and plum pox was discoveref in several NiagaraCounty orchards, in Orleanw County and Wayne County, east of Rochester.
Thougjh harmless to humans and animals, the viruds poses an economic risk for commercial fruigt growers because they must destroy all susceptible treewswithin 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identified hot Plum pox destroys the commercialp value of the fruit that it attacks becauss it discolors and disfigures peaches, plums, pruned and nectarines. In New York state countiee lying alongLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar
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