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 ...

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 ...

"Tomato flu" was first identified in India on May 6 and has so far infected 82 children, who are all under the age of 5. Getty Images As the world continues its fight against COVID-19 and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...