Egypt stops importing tomato seed due to yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 - 12:52 GMT

Ministry of Agriculture ordered on Sunday to stop tomato exports after the infection of thousands of acres with yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) was confirmed.

Egypt probes ‘virus-infected' tomato seeds

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 - 01:06 GMT

A committees, formed by the state-owned Agricultural Research Center (ARC), started taking samples of the infected tomatoes in several areas for analysis.