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But many more orchards and other including residential areas in the Lake Ontario Fruit Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox viruse before September. Teams working for the and the statde Department of Agriculture and Markets began takingy leaf samplesin May. Subsequengt laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreakse of the virus inNiagarza County, Jackie Klahn, director of the USDA’ss Lockport field office, said. In early May, as orchards optimism was growing that the spread of the which made its Niagaraq County debut 2006 mightbe waning.
Between 2006 and plum pox was discovered in several NiagaraCountyh orchards, in Orleans County and Wayne County, east of Though harmless to humans and animals, the viruzs poses an economic risk for commercial fruit growerws because they must destroy all susceptible treex within 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identifie hot spot. Plum pox destroys the commercial valuw of the fruit that it attacks becausde it discolors anddisfiguresx peaches, plums, prunes and nectarines. In New York statde counties lying alongLake Ontario’s southy shore, fruit growing is a multi-million-dolla industry.