This document reports detections and outbreaks of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) around the world from 2014-2023. It was first detected in several countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East, often in imported produce or greenhouse tomatoes. Subsequent outbreaks and spread to new crops and regions within countries are also documented.
This document reports detections and outbreaks of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) around the world from 2014-2023. It was first detected in several countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East, often in imported produce or greenhouse tomatoes. Subsequent outbreaks and spread to new crops and regions within countries are also documented.
This document reports detections and outbreaks of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) around the world from 2014-2023. It was first detected in several countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East, often in imported produce or greenhouse tomatoes. Subsequent outbreaks and spread to new crops and regions within countries are also documented.
Africa Egypt 2019 * Amer MA, Mahmoud SY (2020) First report of Tomato
brown rugose fruit virus on tomato in Egypt. New Disease
Reports 41, 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044- 0588.2020.041.024 Africa Morocco 2023 * Skelton A, Fowkes A, Frew L, Chisnall K, Loh YL, Howard C, Fox A (2023) Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in imported tomatoes in the retail trade in the United Kingdom. Journal of Plant Pathology 11, 1-7. ----- fruits imported from Morocco tested positive for ToBRFV. America Argentina 2022 * Obregón VG, Ibañez JM, Lattar TE, Juszczak S, Groth- Helms D (2023) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Argentina. New Disease Reports 48, e12203. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12203 America Canada 2019 * Sarkes A, Fu H, Feindel D, Harding M, Feng J (2020) Development and evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). PLoS ONE 15(6), e0230403. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230403 ------- First report in Ontario in 2019. Not detected in Alberta. Mexico 2018 * Ling K-S, Tian T, Gurung S & Gilliard A (2019) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting greenhouse tomato in the U.S. Plant Disease, 103(6), pp. 1439. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-18-1959-PDN ------- in Baja California (October 2018) Mexico 2018 * Camacho-Beltrán E, Pérez-Villarreal A & Leyva-López NA (2019) Occurrence of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato crops in Mexico. Plant Disease 103(6), p 1440. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-18-1974-PDN Mexico 2018 * Cambrón-Crisantos JM, Rodríguez-Mendoza J, Valencia- Luna JB, Alcasio-Rangel S, García-Ávila CJ, López-Buenfil JA and Ochoa-Martínez DL (2018) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in Michoacan, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología 37(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18781/R.MEX.FIT.1810-5 California 2018 * Chitambar J (2018) California pest rating for Tomato brown rugose fruit virus. https://blogs.cdfa.ca.gov/Section3162/?p=5843 Florida 2019 * Dey K, Vilez-Climent M, Soria P, Batuman O, Mavrodieva V, Wei G, Zhou J, Adkins ST, McVay J (2021) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) infecting tomato in Florida, USA. New Disease Reports 44, e12028. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12028 ------- collected from a c. 1.6 ha community garden in Alachua County, Florida, in October 2019. Solanaceous plants in the garden were destroyed. Also detected in tomatoes imported from Mexico and for sale in grocery stores in Naples and Gainesville Louisiana 2017 * Sherchan SP, Malla B, Haramoto E (2023) First quantitative detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in wastewater in Louisiana. Science of The Total Environment, 164001. ------- ToBRFV was detected in 10 of 13 influent samples tested from March 2017 to March 2018. Asia Yunan, Cina 2020 Ma Z, Zhang H, Ding M, Zhang Z, Yang X, Zhou X (2021) Molecular characterization and pathogenicity of an infectious cDNA clone of tomato brown rugose fruit virus. Phytopathology Research 3(14), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-021-00091-0 ------- First report in Yunnan. Asia Cina 2019 * Yan Z-Y, Ma H-Y, Han S-L, Geng C., Tian Y-P, Li X.-D (2019) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato in China. Plant Disease 103(11), p 2973. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-05-19-1045-PDN ------- First report on tomato in Shandong. Asia Iran 2021 * Ghorbani A, Rostami M, Seifi S, Izadpanah K (2021) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in greenhouse tomato in Iran. New Disease Report, 44, e12040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12040 Asia Iran 2021 * Esmaeilzadeh F, Koolivand D (2021) Occurrence of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Iran. Journal of Plant Pathology 104, 457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-021- 01009-7 ------- aourng Teheran. Asia Iran 2021 * Esmaeilzadeh F, Koolivand D (2022) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting bell pepper in Iran. Journal of Plant Pathology (early view). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01094-2 Asia Israel 2014 * Luria N, Smith E, Reingold V, Bekelman I, Lapidot M, Levin I, Elad N, Tam Y, Sela N, Abu-Ras A, Ezra N, Haberman A, Yitzhak L, Lachman O, Dombrovsky A (2017) A new Israeli Tobamovirus isolate infects tomato plants harboring Tm-22 Resistance Genes. PLoS ONE 12(1), e0170429. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170429 Asia Israel 2019 * Alkowni R, Alabdallah O, Fadda Z (2019) Molecular identification of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Palestine. Journal of Plant Pathology 101, 719- 723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00240-7 Asia Israel 2019 * Klap C, Luria N, Smith E, Hadad L, Bakelman E, Sela N, Belausov E, Lachman O, Leibman D, Dombrovsky A (2020) Tomato brown rugose fruit virus contributes to enhanced pepino mosaic virus titers in tomato plants. Viruses 12(8), 879. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080879 Asia Israel 2018 * Levitzky N, Smith E, Lachman O, Luria N, Mizrahi Y, Bakelman H, Sela N, Laskar O, Milrot E, Dombrovsky A (2019) The bumblebee Bombus terrestris carries a primary inoculum of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus contributing to disease spread in tomatoes. PLoS ONE 14(1), e0210871. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210871. Asia Jordan 2016 * Salem N, Mansour A, Ciuffo M, Falk BW, Turina M (2016) A new tobamovirus infecting tomato crops in Jordan. Archives of Virology 161(2), 503-506.
* Salem NM, Cao MJ, Odeh S, Turina M & Tahzima R
(2020) First report of tobacco mild green mosaic virus and tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting Capsicum annuum in Jordan. Plant Disease 104(2), 601. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-19-1189-PDN
* Salem NM, Abumuslem M, Turina M, Samarah N,
Sulaiman A, Abu-Irmaileh B, Ata Y (2022) New weed hosts for tomato brown rugose fruit virus in wild Mediterranean vegetation. Plants 11, 2287. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172287 Asia Lebanon 2020 * Abou Kubaa R, Choueiri E, Heinoun K, Cillo F, Saponari M (2021) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting sweet pepper in Syria and Lebanon. Journal of Plant Pathology. Disease note https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-021-00987-y Asia Lebanon
* Sabra A, Amer MA, Hussain K, Zakri A, Al-Shahwan IM,
Al-Saleh MA (2022) Occurrence and distribution of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato crop in Saudi Arabia. Plants 11(22), 3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223157 ------- Out of 145 symptomatic tomato samples collected from different locations in Riyadh Region, 52.4% were found to be positive for ToBRFV. Asia Saudi Arabia 2021 * Sabra A, Al Saleh MA, Alshahwan IM, Amer MA (2021) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato crop in Saudi Arabia. Plant Disease 106(4), 1310- 1311. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1065-PDN Asia Syria * Abou Kubaa R, Choueiri E, Heinoun K, Cillo F, Saponari M (2021) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting sweet pepper in Syria and Lebanon. Journal of Plant Pathology. Disease note https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-021-00987-y ------ on pepper. Asia 2017 * Hasan ZM, Salem NM, Ismail ID, Akel I, Ahmad AY (2021) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus on tomato in Syria. Plant Disease 106(2), p 772. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-21-1356-PDN Asia * Ismail ID, Akel I, Hasan ZM (2020) A new virus, tomato brown rugose fruit virus, possibly attacks tomatoes grown under green houses in Lattakia. In Abstracts presented during a workshop entitled “Detection, spread and management of invasive and new emerging pests in syria and neighbouring countries”, organize by the Arab Society for Plant Protection and Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, held in Lattakia – Syria during 7-8 January 2020. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 38, 1, 77. https://dx.doi.org/10.22268/AJPP- 38.1.064102 Asia Uzbekistan EPPO Reporting Service (2021/222) : first reported in Ferghana region in October 2020, and in the region of Davlatobod in 2021. Under official control. Europe Albania 2022 * Orfanidou CG, Cara M, Merkuri J, Papadimitriou K, Katis NI, Maliogka VI (2022) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Albania. Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01060-y Europe Austria 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/159) : found in 1 greenhouse producing tomato fruit. Under eradication. Europe Belgium 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/017) : found in August 2020 in a research station, and in December 2020 in a greenhouse for tomato production. Under eradication. Europe Bulgaria 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/135) : found in a greenhouse producing tomato fruit in June 2021. Under eradication. Europe 2020 EPPO Reporting Service (2020/173) : first detected in July Cyprus 2020 in a greeehouse producing tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum) in the village of Ayia Napa (district of Ammochostos / Famagusta). Under eradication. Europe Czech Republic 2020 EPPO Reporting Service (2020/223) : first detected in August 2020 in a seed crop of Capsicum annuum in a greenhouse. Under eradication. From NPPO: Also found in tomato fruit production in Ústecký kraj (in November 2020) Europe Finland 2022 EPPO Reporting Service (2022/167) : first found in August 2022 in a small greenhouse producing tomato fruit. Under eradication. Europe France 2020 EPPO Reporting Service (2020/037) : first reported in Finistère (Bretagne) in February 2020. Under eradication. Europe Germany 2018 * Menzel W, Knierim D, Winter S, Hamacher J, Heupel M (2019) First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato in Germany. New Disease Reports 39, 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2019.039.001 Europe Greece 2019 Beris D, Malandraki I, Kektsidou O, Theologidis, Vassilakos N, Varveri C (2020) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato in Greece. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-20-0212-PDN Europe Hungaria 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/134) : 2 outbreaks in greenhouses producing tomato fruit. Under eradication. Europe Italia 2018 * Panno S, Garuso AG, Davino S (2019) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus on tomato crops in Italy. Plant Disease 103(6), p 1443. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-18-2254-PDN Europe Malta 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/106) : found in April 2021 in tomato greenhouses. Under eradication. Europe Netherlands 2019 van de Vossenberg BTLH, Visser M, Bruinsma M, Koenraadt HMS, Westenberg M, Botermans M (2020) Real-time tracking of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) outbreaks in the Netherlands using Nextstrain. PLoS ONE 15(10): e0234671. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0234671 Europe Norway 2021 * Hamborg Z, Blystad DR (2022) The first report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Norway. Plant disease 106(7), 2004-2005. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-21- 2208-PDN Europe Poland 2020 EPPO Reporting Service (2020/122) : first found in a tomato greenhouse in Barczewo. Europe Portugal 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/196) : first found in August 2021 in two nurseries producing tomato plantlets in Algarve. Europe Slovakia 2021 EPPO Reporting Service (2021/170) : intercepted by Czech Republic on a consignment of Capsicum annuum and Solanum lycopersicum seed imported from Slovakia (interception). Europe Slovenia 2021 * Vučurović A, Brodarič J, Jakomin T, Pecman A, Beloglavec AB, Mehle N (2022) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Slovenia. New Disease Reports 45(2), e12079. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12079 Europe Spain 2019 * Alfaro-Fernández A, Castillo P, Sanahuja E, del Carmen Rodríguez-Salido M, Isabel Font M (2020) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Spain. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-20-1251-PDN Europe Switzerland 2022 * Mahillon M, Kellenberger I, Dubuis N, Brodard J, Bunter M, Weibel J, Sandrini F, Schumpp O (2022) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in Switzerland. New Disease Reports, 45, e12065. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12065. Europe Turkey 2019 * Fidan H, Sarikaya P, Calis O (2019) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus on tomato in Turkey. New Disease Reports (2019) 39, 18. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044- 0588.2019.039.018] Europe UK 2019 * Skelton A, Buxton-Kirk A, Ward R, Harju V, Frew L, Fowkes A, Long M, Negus A, Forde S, Adams IP, Pufal H, McGreig S, Weekes R, Fox A (2019) First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato in the United Kingdom. New Disease Reports 40, 12. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2019.040.012]