Northern Victoria’s quarantined tomato glasshouse at Katunga Fresh is likely to be closed down for weeks, as the site is rid ...

Decontamination work is continuing at the Katunga Fresh glasshouse to eradicate the rare tomato disease discovered at the ...

Questions remain unanswered over a damaging horticultural virus – which has cost at least 120 people their jobs – that was ...

A tomato glasshouse facility in northern Victoria remains closed after tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) was detected ...

Agriculture Victoria continues to respond to a recent detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) at a glasshouse tomato facility in ...

The detection of a rare disease in a large crop of tomatoes at Katunga Fresh has plagued more than just the fruit.

One Aussie state reportedly suffered more than $20 million in losses after the virus was detected on three farms.

Each season, female brown widow spiders lay several egg sacs, each with 120 to 150 eggs. The egg sacs are distinctive, with silky spikes projecting from the surface, much like a thistle.

Tomato seedling trade has once again been halted after seedlings were moved from South Australia to Victoria without a plant health certificate.