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But many more orchards and othet areas, including residential areas in the Lake Ontario Fruit remain to be tested for plum pox virus before September. Teams working for the and the statw Department of Agriculture and Markets began taking leaf samplesein May. Subsequent laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreakas of the virus inNiagarsa County, Jackie Klahn, director of the USDA’sx Lockport field office, In early May, as orchards blossomed, optimism was growintg that the spread of the disease, which made its Niagara County debut 2006 might be waning.
Between 2006 and 2008, plum pox was discoverex in several NiagaraCountyy orchards, in Orleans County and Waynee County, east of Rochester. Thoughu harmless to humans and animals, the virues poses an economic risk for commercia fruit growers because they must destroy all susceptible treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identified hot spot. Plum pox destroyse the commercial value of the fruit that it attacks becausre it discolors anddisfigures peaches, plums, pruness and nectarines. In New York states counties lying alongLake Ontario’se south shore, fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
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