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But many more orchards and other including residential areas in the Lake OntarioFruirt Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox virue before September. Teams working for the and the states Department of Agriculture and Marketa began taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequenr laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreaks of the virus inNiagara County, Jackier Klahn, director of the USDA’s Lockporg field office, said. In early May, as orchards optimism was growing that the spread of the which made its Niagara County debut 2006 mightbe waning. Between 2006 and 2008, plum pox was discoveredd in several NiagaraCounty orchards, in Orleans Count y and Wayne County, east of Rochester.
Though harmless to humans and the virus poses an economic risk for commercialk fruit growers because they must destro all susceptible treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 milews of an identified hot spot. Plum pox destroya the commercial value of the fruit that it attacks because it discolors anddisfigures peaches, plums, prunes and nectarines. In New York state countiesa lying alongLake Ontario’s south shore, fruit growing is a multi-million-dollaf industry.
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