Other Plant Disease — India
A plethora of viruses as well as insect vectors and pests pose an emerging threat to the tomato belt; it is a wake-up call to stakeholders to adopt good agricultural practices. Currently, the tomato virus is wreaking havoc in districts of Maharashtra. Tomatoes have turned into yellow, spongy, plastic-textured fruits.
Last year [2020; ProMED post http://promedmail.org/post/20200528.7388319], farmers complained of early ripening and substantial yield loss. Samples from Satara and Ahmednagar
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