This post corrects ISID's previous post of March 19, 2019:
1st reports of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in Belgium, The Netherlands
A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org>
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Date: Thu 6 Jun 2019
From: Raf De Vis <raf.de.vis@proefstation.be> [edited]
Re: ProMED-mail Tomato brown rugose fruit virus - Belgium, Netherlands: 1st reps http://promedmail.org/post/20190318.6374441
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On behalf of the Belgian horticultural industry, we would like to ask for a correction on [the post referenced above]. This quote [in the source <https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/sterling-suffolk-tomato-operation-imposes-restrictions-1-5926015>
- Mod.DHA] lead to questions about the presence of the virus in Belgium from different organisations, including the phytosanitary services. To date we have no knowledge of the presence of the virus in Belgium.
We have contacted the person who is cited in this article, Richard Lewis. See below an email from him that the quote, that the virus ToBRFV would have been present in Belgium, is not correct. Richard confirms that he was misquoted. Thanks in advance for publishing a correction.
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Raf De Vis
Director
Research Station for Vegetable Production Belgium <https://www.proefstation.be/>
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[2]
Date: Mon 3 Jun 2019
From: Richard Lewis <richardl@sterlingsuffolk.co.uk> [edited]
I can confirm that I was "misquoted" by the newspaper, I do not know about nor heard of any cases of this virus in Belgium.
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Richard Lewis
Horticultural Director
Sterling Suffolk Ltd
Ipswich, UK
<richardl@sterlingsuffolk.co.uk>
[We are glad to help clarify the current distribution data of ToBRFV by passing on this correction of a mistake in the media source.
_Tomato brown rugose fruit virus_ (ToBRFV) was identified as a new member of genus _Tobamovirus_ in Jordan and has since been identified in Israel, the Americas, and Europe. It was shown to affect also capsicum crops and may pose a risk to other solanaceous crops as well.
It has recently been added to the alert list of the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO). ToBRFV symptoms on tomato vary depending on host cultivar. The virus is seed transmitted and can also be spread by mechanical means, contaminated equipment, as well as with plant or other materials. Among the seed-borne viruses, tobamoviruses are currently considered a risk for crop production worldwide due to increasing global seed trade. For more information see previous ProMED-mail posts in the archives.
Maps
Belgium:
<https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0235/2253/products/1_ac000fb9-4bf3-4f83-8e36-7c8aeb7780ed_1024x1024.png?v=1500029614>
and
<http://healthmap.org/promed/p/99>
Europe, overview:
<https://mapofeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/europe-political-map.jpg>
Pictures
ToBRFV symptoms:
<https://gd.eppo.int/media/data/taxon/T/TOBRFV/pics/1024x0/4137.jpg>,
<https://gd.eppo.int/media/data/taxon/T/TOBRFV/pics/1024x0/4138.jpg>,
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure/image?size=inline&id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170429.g001>
and
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321639141/figure/fig2/AS:569722670247937@1512843877331/Tomato-brown-rugose-fruit-virus-ToBRFV-infected-tomato-Solanum-lycopersicum-plants.png>
Links
Information and characterisation of ToBRFV:
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00705-015-2677-7>
(Jordan),
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170429>
(Israel),
<https://www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/plant_quarantine/alert_list_viruses/tomato_brown_rugose_fruit_virus>,
<https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/TOBRFV> (with current distribution map), and <https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170429>
International spread of tobamoviruses by seeds (review):
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321639141_Seed_Transmission_of_Tobamoviruses_Aspects_of_Global_Disease_Distribution>
EPPO alert list:
<https://www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/plant_quarantine/alert_list>
- Mod.DHA]
[See Also:
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus - Mexico: alert
http://promedmail.org/post/20190429.6448297
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus - Belgium, Netherlands: 1st reps
http://promedmail.org/post/20190318.6374441
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus - Germany: 1st rep (NW) http://promedmail.org/post/20190117.6264517]
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