EPPO Global Database

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus(TOBRFV)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2020
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication, only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2020-11)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/173) : first detected in July 2020 in a greeehouse producing tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum) in the village of Ayia Napa (district of Ammochostos / Famagusta). Under eradication.

NPPO (2020-11): also detected in October and November 2020 in 2 nursery producing tomato seedlings in the municipality of Kypros, as well as in 5 greenhouses producing tomato fruit in the municipalities of Evrychou, Flasou, Larnaca, Limassol.
References
* NPPO of Cyprus (2020-08, 2020-11).