EPPO Global Database

Tobamovirus fructirugosum(TOBRFV)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, unreliable record
First recorded in: 2019
Comments
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.
References
* 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).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Present, widespread view...