Ministry for Primary Industries to Review Controls for Tomato Virus

Ministry for Primary Industries to review controls for tomato virus

Ministry for Primary Industries says it will review its current controls after Australia changed its strategy to deal with a highly contagious virus affecting tomatoes, capsicums and chillies.

Development of a SYBR Green-based real-time RT-PCR method using a newly designed tomato mottle mosaic virus-specific primer set and the assessment of its seed transmission properties in tomato seeds.

Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV), first reported in Mexico in 2009, is an emerging virus that globally threatens the yield of crops belonging to the family Solanaceae. The international trade of ToMMV-contaminated seeds is potentially associated with its global spread; however, the epidemiol...

NZ tomatoes raise ToBRFV biosecurity concerns

NZ tomatoes raise ToBRFV biosecurity concerns

Tomato virus pivot shifts strategy, giving hope to South ...

Concern over possibility of infected capsicum imports

Reading Time: 2 minutes The tomato industry is concerned that the Ministry for Primary Industries is not doing enough to protect it from a virus that could decimate the local tomato crop. In August last year Biosecurity New Zealand placed import restrictions on tomato imports from Australia, after the detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) at two South Australian growing properties. But, said tomato grower and NZ Hothouse managing…

Virus-Resistant Tomatoes Set To Safeguard Grower Incomes And Crop Quality

Tomato growers battling the persistent threat of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) may soon find relief thanks to a new generation of virus-resistant hybrids launched by Bayer.The German agrochemical giant has developed a suite of tomato varieties featuring multi-stacked resistance genes designed to deliver longer-lasting protection against ToBRFV, including emerging strains that can overcome traditional single-gene defences.While earlier…