NOGALES, Ariz. - An Arizona industry that employs thousands of people and puts food on your table -- is preparing for a disease threat. Mexican Tomato season is gearing up and millions of dollars ...

This chart from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shows evidence of the Tobamovirus known as ToBRFV, short for Tomato brown rugose fruit virus. Fig-1. (A) Symptomatic mosaic ...

State inspectors have identified imported tomatoes in Naples that contain a virus that can cause fruit loss in tomatoes and peppers but does not pose a health risk to humans. Florida’s Department of ...

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging virus that is damaging to tomatoes as well as other crops, including peppers. In a recent study, Dr. Ling and colleagues at the USDA ...

Using biotechnology and pest-management tools, researchers at the University of California, Davis, helped re-establish the Dominican Republic tomato processing industry after a deadly tomato virus ...

A tiny bug could skyrocket tomato prices and throw California's tomato farmers into crisis. The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors earlier in July declared a state of emergency as a virus brought ...

Starting Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will increase inspections on imported tomato and pepper fruit entering all U.S. ports of entry, including at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of ...

How tomato plants defend themselves against a devastating ‘young’ Southern African virus has now been investigated at a molecular genetics level for the first time by researchers at the University of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A virulent tomato virus has been detected in France for the first time, leading the authorities to quarantine the affected farm in the northwestern region of Brittany, the ...

Gene-edited tomatoes that are resistant to common viruses can be introduced into the U.S. without coming under federal regulations for genetically engineered plants. The USDA has determined that six ...

France's agriculture ministry said Thursday that it was increasing surveillance of fields to stave off a ruinous virus affecting tomatoes that has already been found in neighbouring countries. No ...