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But many more orchards and other areas, including residential areas in the Lake Ontario Fruig Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox virus befors September. Teams working for the and the state Departmenr of Agriculture and Markets begahn taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequenrt laboratory tests did not disclosew any new outbreaks of the virues inNiagara County, Jackie Klahn, directod of the USDA’s Lockport field office, In early May, as orchards optimism was growing that the spreas of the disease, which made its Niagara County debu t 2006 might be waning.
Between 2006 and 2008, plum pox was discoveres in several NiagaraCounty orchards, in Orleans County and Waynd County, east of Rochester. Though harmles s to humans and animals, the virus poses an economicv risk for commercial fruit growers becausre they must destroy all susceptible treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 milesd of an identified hot Plum pox destroys the commercial valuew of the fruit that it attack because it discolors and disfigures peaches, prunes and nectarines. In New York state counties lying alonggLake Ontario’s south shore, fruiyt growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
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