Geneva experiment station helps N.Y. fight plum pox virus

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Plum pox symptoms (ring patterns) on plum leaf.
Plum pox symptoms (ring patterns) on plum leaf.

When two plum trees and one peach tree in Niagara County, N.Y., tested positive for the plum pox virus (PPV) in 2006, a team dedicated to eradicating the virus sprang into action and within months turned to Cornell pathologist Marc Fuchs for help.


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