The Australian tomato industry is still reeling from its biggest biosecurity threat to date, two months after an exotic disease put three South Australian businesses in indefinite quarantine, causing $20m in losses and shutting down some interstate and international trade.
The tomato brown rugose fruit virus is thought to have arrived in seeds imported from Europe in May. It was reported in August when observant staff at the Perfection Fresh Two Wells glasshouse, north of Adelaide, noticed some plants showing signs of infection.
