The number of farms infected with Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) in the Netherlands increased from 29 to 34.
According to the report of the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority (NVWAM), the virus has been successfully eradicated in 2 farms.
The distribution of 29 farms exposed to the virus as of September in the Netherlands is as follows:
- Westland area, 12 farms
- Hollands Kroon area, 5 farms
- Reimerswaal area, 3 farms
- Brielle area, 3 farms
- Steenbergen district, 2 farms
- District of Haarlemmermeer, 1 farm
- Horst aan de Maas district, 1 farm
- Goeree-Overflakkee area, 1 farm
- Zuidplas district, 1 farm
- Noordoostpolder area, 1 farm
Growers infected with Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) have been reported to lose between 5 % and 30% of their crops. According to the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority (NVWAM), it is estimated that removing and disposing of produce from infected farms will cost growers between 5 and 10 thousand euros per hectare.
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In the middle of 2019, until this time, the ToBRFV virus control, which was detected in 41 different farms, was successful in 9 farms, while the contamination situation was detected again in 1 farm and started to grow other crops in 4 farms.
According to the report of the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority (NVWAM), the size of the production area in 36 farms affected by the virus at the end of June was 476.6 hectares , while the number of farms decreased to 29 in September, and the hectare size has not yet been shared.
worldwide
Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) continues to spread worldwide. In a recent update of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), detections were reported in Estonia , Slovenia and Switzerland .