Ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia nei nā hua ʻōmato ma ke komohana hema o Ontario e kahi maʻi maʻi honua, e hoʻopiʻi nui ana i ka hopohopo ma waena o nā mahiʻai, agronomists, ʻenekinia mahiʻai, a me nā mea nona nā mahiʻai. Ke manaʻo nei kēia ʻatikala e hāʻawi i nā ʻikepili hou loa a me nā ʻike e pili ana i ka maʻi virus, kona hopena, a me nā mea a ka poʻe mahiʻai e hana ai e pale i kā lākou mea kanu.
Wahi a ka Windsor Star, ua ʻike ʻia ka Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) i nā hana hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo he nui ma ke komohana hema o Ontario. ʻO ka maʻi maʻi, ka mea i puka mua i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela i ka makahiki 2014, ua pālahalaha wikiwiki ʻia a puni ka honua a ua hoʻopilikia ʻia i nā mea kanu tōmato ma kekahi mau ʻāina, me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Mexico, Sepania, a me Italia.
He maʻi lele loa ʻo ToBRFV a hiki ke laha koke mai kahi mea kanu a kanu, a ma o nā lako i hoʻohaumia ʻia, nā lole, a me nā ʻili. ʻO nā hōʻailona e like me ka melemele, nā ʻano mosaic, a me nā deformations i nā mea kanu tōmato, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hōʻemi ʻana a me nā hua haʻahaʻa.
Paipai ʻia ka poʻe mahiʻai e hana i nā hana pale e hōʻemi i ka hopena o ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi, me nā protocols hoʻomaʻemaʻe koʻikoʻi, ka palena ʻana i ke komo ʻana i kā lākou hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā mea kanu ma mua o ka lawe ʻana iā lākou i kā lākou hana. Eia kekahi, pono lākou e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai ka poʻe loea mahiʻai a me nā hui ʻoihana e hoʻomau i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hana hou a me nā hana maikaʻi loa.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka Tomato brown rugose fruit virus ka mea e hoʻoweliweli nui ai i nā hua tōmato ma ke komohana hema o Ontario, a pono e hana nā mahiʻai e pale i ko lākou ola. Ma ka noho ʻana i ka ʻike, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana biosecurity koʻikoʻi, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo loea, hiki i nā mahiʻai ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o kēia maʻi pōʻino i kā lākou mea kanu.