In the State Inspection Committee in the Agricultural Industry complex reported that during quarantine control at the FKP "Astana Railway", state plant quarantine inspectors identified a dangerous tomato brown wrinkling virus on tomato seeds in the amount of 108 places, 2700 pieces, packed in paper bags, imported from the Russian Federation. The import of contaminated products into the capital was prohibited, and they were subsequently destroyed by burning in a specialized oven.

Based on these facts, administrative material was drawn up against the owner of the seeds, and he was fined 103 thousand tenge, or 40 MCI.

Tobamovirus (Tobamovirus, ToBRFV) persists on seeds and is easily transmitted by contact. It does not pose a threat to human health, but can destroy up to 80 percent of the crop.

Photo of the Committee of State Inspection in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Ministry of Agriculture

Flower cuttings - roses, chrysanthemums and gypsophila - totaling 1,320 from Kenya, infectedwith Western flower thripswere also destroyed by burning. Administrative materials were drawn up and fines of 251,056 tenge were imposed on product owners.

Western flower thrips damage more than 250 plant species. The pest feeds on the sap of plant cells. That is, the quality of the product deteriorates and the yield decreases. When a quarantine object spreads massively, it causes mass wilting and death of the plant. In addition, the pest is also a carrier of a dangerous tomato virus.

We would like to remind you that earlier in the Turkestan region 43 tons of infected imported tomatoes brought from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Iran were identified.