Turkey: Emergency phytosanitary measures for the import of tomato, pepper and pumpkin seeds

Published 2021년 8월 30일

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Turkey is updating the import requirements for tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkin seeds from all countries. The updates are aimed at preventing the entry of harmful viruses and viroids, such as Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus, Tomato mottle mosaic virus, Tomato apical stunt viroid, Columnea latent viroid, and Pepper chat fruit viroid. These agents pose a significant risk to Turkey as they are known to affect a wide range of plants in the Cucurbitacae and Solanaceae families, which are commonly cultivated in the country.

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Import requirements The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is amending import requirements for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), pepper (Capsicum spp.) and pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo) from all countries into Turkey. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is a harmful virus in many species of Cucurbitacae and Solanaceae family cultivated in Turkey. The agent with a large number of hosts is not known to occur in Turkey. Due to its occurrence in some countries nearby and the presence of a wide range of hosts, it poses a great risk for Turkey. Tomato mottle mosaic virus (TomMV) is a virus that can cause damage to various products, in particular to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum annuum) from Solanaceae family and can be transmitted by seeds. Since it is in the Tobamovirus group, there is a possibility of transmission through seed. The primary host of Tomato apical stunt viroid (TASvd) is actually tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) ...

Source: Agroberichtenbuitenland