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Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV): A Potential Threat for Tomato Production in Florida

Ozgur Batuman, Salih Yilmaz, Pamela Roberts, Eugene McAvoy, Samuel Hutton, Kishore Dey, and Scott Adkins


Release Date: 2/18/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Management for Commercial audience(s). Published by Integrated Pest Management

About this Publication

This document is PP360, one of a series of the Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2020. Revised November 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Ozgur Batuman, assistant professor, Plant Pathology Department, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center; Salih Yilmaz, graduate student, Plant Pathology Department, SWFLREC; Pamela Roberts, professor, Plant Pathology Department, SWFLREC; Eugene McAvoy, regional vegetable Extension agent emeritus and associate director for stakeholder relations, SWFLREC; Samuel Hutton, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, Gulf Coast REC; Kishore Dey, Bureau of Entomology, Nematology and Plant Pathology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; and Scott Adkins, research plant pathologist (virologist), USDA-ARS; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Eugene McAvoy
Eugene McAvoy

regional vegetable Extension agent IV emeritus and associate director for stakeholder relations, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Samuel Hutton
Samuel Hutton

former associate professor, tomato breeding and genetics, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC, Wimauma, FL 

Scott Adkins
Scott Adkins

research plant pathologist, USDA ARS

Ozgur Batuman
Ozgur Batuman
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, citrus pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Pamela Roberts
Pamela Roberts
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, diagnosis, epidemiology, and integrated pest management of vegetable diseases, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

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