Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus, ToBRFV – EPPO A2 List) is reported for the first time in India. ToBRFV was detected in symptomatic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants grown in open fields in May 2023 in Karnataka and Maharashtra states. Affected plants showed symptoms of mosaic patterns, mottling, yellowing, chlorosis, deformed leaves, and necrotic spots or brown rugose patches on the fruits. Laboratory analysis (DAS-ELISA, RT-PCR, sequencing) confirmed the presence of ToBRFV in 11 fruit samples which had been collected from symptomatic plants.
The situation of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in India can be described as follows: Present not widely distributed.
Source: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-024-00534-5
In Italy, tomato fruit blotch virus (ToFBV - Blunervirus solani, EPPO Alert List) was first reported in Lazio in 2018 (EPPO RS 2020/184). In December 2023, tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) cultivated in different greenhouses located in Ragusa province (Sicilia, Italy) showed circular or irregular chlorotic blotches in tomato fruit, while no symptoms were observed in young or middle leaves. Symptomatic plants were tested by real-time RT-PCR and were found positive for ToFBV. Eradication measures are underway in Sicilia to contain this outbreak.