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References

If you think you may have PPV in stone fruits, please contact your local cooperative extension agent or state department of agriculture

In Pennsylvania, contact the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture at (717-787-4737) or the Penn State Fruit Research Lab at Biglerville (717-677-6116)

Resources

Gary.L.Clement@usda.gov or
USDA/ APHIS- PPV
401 E. Louther Street, Ste. 102
Carlisle, PA 17013
Phone: (717) 241-0705
Web site

Hogmire, H. W., Jr. (Ed). 1995. Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide. Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service, Ithaca, NY.

Ogawa, J. M., E. I. Zehr, G. W. Bird, D. F. Ritchie, K Uriu, & J. K. Uyemoto (Eds.). 1995. Compendium of Stone Fruit Diseases. APS Press, The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) website is available for weekly update information concerning the PPV situation on Ontario:

More information about PPV can be found in Sharka: Plum Pox Virus of Stone Fruits, available from Penn State Cooperative Extension, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.