EPPO Global Database

Tobamovirus fructirugosum(TOBRFV)

Distribution details in Argentina

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2022
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/167) : first found in December 2022 in tomato greenhouses belonging to three different growers in Santa Lucía and Lavalle (Corrientes).

EPPO Reporting Service (2026/025) : also found in the province of Buenos Aires in crops and waste waters.
References
* Ibañez JM, Zambrana R, Carreras P, Obregón V, Irazoqui JM, Vera PA, Lattar TE, Blanco Fernández MD, Puebla AF, Amadio AF, Torres C (2025) Phylodynamic of tomato brown rugose fruit virus and tomato chlorosis virus, two emergent viruses in mixed infections in Argentina. Viruses 17(4), 533. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17040533

* 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
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Chile Absent, unreliable record view...