| | Control Tomato brown rugose virus with good hygiene measures. | |
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| | Tomato brown rugose virus (ToBRFV) is a member of the Tobamovirus genus and is closely related to Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV). A key difference in ToBRFV is that varieties resistance to TMV and ToMV are susceptible.
ToBRFV was first found in Israel in 2014 and since then has notably been reported in Italy, including Sicily, and Germany as well as Jordan and Mexico.
Commonly ToBRFV is characterised by rugose patches (brown wrinkled). However symptoms can vary, the most common are Rugose patches, Chlorotic marbling on fruit, puckering and deformed leaves, Mosaic patches develop on young leaves, and in the head/side shoots.
The AHDB outline the major host of ToBRFV as tomato, however host plants include, Nicotiana species, Solanum nigrum, Chenopodium quinoa, Petunia hybrida, and Chenopodium murale (AHDB).
Tobamoviruses are stable outside their host, this means mechanical spread is a real risk. This includes spread via contaminated tools, hands, and clothing. It is therefore of paramount importance excellent hygiene measures are implemented and followed.
Day-to-day equipment such as picking carts and pruning knives should be disinfected regularly. It is essential to mitigate the risk of spread by cleaning/changing equipment and tools especially when moving between crops/houses.
Fargro stock Nzym Rugo Hand Cleaner* that can be used by your team to support excellent hygiene measures.
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| | For more information please contact our technical team
on 01903 256857 or email [email protected].
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| | *For professional use only.
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| | Fargro is dedicated to supporting the grower and we will continue to do so however we can. We hope you, your employees, friends and family are safe and well. | |
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