Growers were contacted and notified that crews were going to be on their property marking entry points for blocks to be surveyed in 2001. A total of 48 orchards, with varying numbers of blocks each, were visited during the three days the crews were in the field. Survey crews also completed the 8-hour defensive driving course. The 70 ft. Supplies and equipment was moved into the facility.
Preparations continue to ready the lab for sample processing.
These orders mark the end of the treatment orders issued for blocks within the 500-meter no host buffer zones. Four temporary field positions will be filled to assist with homeowner surveys. A letter to inform property owners in the PPV quarantine area about the homeowner survey for 2001 will be mailed shortly. For Adams County, the letter will be coming out of the Adams Co. PA State Cooperative Extension office. In all, some 40 species of plants were sampled, and nearly 500 permanent slide mounts of aphids were prepared.