Media release: Australian production industry on alert with detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (25 September 2024)

The detection of the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in South Australia's Adelaide Plains region has raised significant concerns across the horticulture supply chain, especially for greenlife growers and production nurseries. Detected for the first time in Australia in August 2024, the virus, which impacts tomatoes, capsicums, and chillies, poses a direct biosecurity threat to the $2.78 billion production nursery sector, with potential to disrupt not only local supply chains but also the national trade in greenlife products.