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But many more orchards and other areas, including residentia l areas in the Lake OntarioFruit Belt, remaim to be tested for plum pox viru before September. Teams working for the and the stat Department of Agriculture and Markets began taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequengt laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreaks of the virua inNiagara County, Jackie director of the USDA’s Lockport fiels office, said. In early May, as orcharde blossomed, optimism was growing that the spread of the which made its Niagara County debut 2006 mightbe waning.
Between 2006 and 2008, plum pox was discovered in severa NiagaraCounty orchards, in Orleans County and Waynr County, east of Though harmless to humans and the virus poses an economi c risk for commercial fruit growers because they must destroy all susceptibles trees within 1.5 miles to 2 milez of an identified hot spot. Plum pox destroyse the commercial value of the fruit that it attacks because it discolorss anddisfigures peaches, plums, pruneas and nectarines. In New York state counties lying alontLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.