Plum Pox Virus Update
Deborah Breth, Integrated Pest Management
Lake Ontario Fruit Program
March 25, 2014
NYS Department of Ag & Markets report that there were no positive detections of PPV in their survey for 2013, nor were there any positive samples found in the homeowner survey. Below are pdfs with the 2014 regulations and revisions to quarantine areas based on the 2013 survey results and 2014 quarantine area maps. For additional PPV information and quarantine area maps please visit the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets website at http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/PI/ppv/ppv.html and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station website at http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/faculty/fuchs/ppv.
PDF 1. 2014 Summary of Changes (pdf; 1816KB)
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