Tomato virus in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland

After a declaration of suspicion, the canton of Thurgau confirmed the virus says Jordan on a farm. This plant disease affects tomato and pepper plants and is classified as a potential quarantine pest in Switzerland (photo: Heike Scholz-Döbelin). The Jordan virus or "Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus" attacks tomatoes and peppers and could lead to yield losses of 100 percent, the canton of Thurgau wrote in a press release on August 4. The disease is monitored in Switzerland by the cantonal plant protection services and producers of tomatoes and peppers are required to report suspected cases. Thus, an infection with the Jordan virus was detected in tomato plants on a farm in Thurgau. The cantonal plant protection service of Arenenberg has taken control and surveillance measures in collaboration with the Office for Agriculture, representatives of the Federal Office for Agriculture and the Agroscope research institute, the canton of Thurgau is suing. This should prevent the virus from ...