Tobamovirus fructirugosum(TOBRFV)
Distribution details in Egypt
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, with limited distribution (2025-07).
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, with limited distribution (2025-07).
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/102) : detected in June 2019 from hybrid tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) collected in Fayoum and Ismailia Governorates.
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/125) : the NPPO considered that the above record is invalid, and officially confirmed the absence of the virus from its territory.
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/049) : detected in capsicum samples collected in 2016-2017. The current situation of this virus in Egypt needs to be clarified.
NPPO of Egypt (2025-07): following official surveys, the NPPO has declared that the virus is present with limited distribution within the country. No economic impact has been observed to date.
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/125) : the NPPO considered that the above record is invalid, and officially confirmed the absence of the virus from its territory.
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/049) : detected in capsicum samples collected in 2016-2017. The current situation of this virus in Egypt needs to be clarified.
NPPO of Egypt (2025-07): following official surveys, the NPPO has declared that the virus is present with limited distribution within the country. No economic impact has been observed to date.
* 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
* Khalifa MAA, El-Shazly AM, El-Kady MA, Al Naggar AM (2024) Survey of viruses infecting Solanaceous plants and characterization of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) infecting pepper in Egypt. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development 38(1), 56-76.
* NPPO of Egypt (2020-05, 2025-07).
* Khalifa MAA, El-Shazly AM, El-Kady MA, Al Naggar AM (2024) Survey of viruses infecting Solanaceous plants and characterization of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) infecting pepper in Egypt. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development 38(1), 56-76.
* NPPO of Egypt (2020-05, 2025-07).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | Present, widespread |