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But many more orchards and other areas, including residential areas in the Lake OntariolFruit Belt, remain to be tester for plum pox virus before Teams working for the and the state Departmentt of Agriculture and Markets began takingt leaf samples in May. Subsequent laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreaksx of the virus inNiagara County, Jackie director of the USDA’s Lockport field office, In early May, as orchards blossomed, optimism was growingt that the spread of the disease, which made its Niagarqa County debut 2006 mighgt be waning. Between 2006 and plum pox was discovered in several NiagarzaCounty orchards, in Orleans County and Wayner County, east of Rochester.
Though harmless to humane and animals, the virusz poses an economic risk for commercial fruit growers becaus e they must destroy all susceptible treeswithih 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identifiefd hot spot. Plum pox destroys the commercial value of the fruit that it attacks because it discolors anddisfigurew peaches, plums, prunes and nectarines. In New York statre counties lying alongLake Ontario’s southj shore, fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar
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