Kuzindikira koyambirira kwa kachilombo katsopano ku New Zealand - kachilombo ka Tomato brown rugose fruit (ToBRFV) - mumbewu yaying'ono kwalola kuti achitepo kanthu mwachangu kuti apewe ndikupewa kufalikira kulikonse kwa kachilomboka. Mbewu zonse ndi zomera zomwe zakhalapo zawonongeka.
Kumayambiriro kwa Disembala, makampani adachenjeza Biosecurity New Zealand za kupezeka kwa ToBRFV mumbewu zomwe zidatumizidwa kuchokera ku Israel. Ngakhale mbewuzi zidatumizidwa kunja ndi satifiketi ya phytosanitary yomwe imalengeza kuti ilibe ToBRFV kutengera kuyezetsa komwe kunamalizidwa kunyanja, kuyezetsa kwina kunawonetsa matenda otsika kwambiri.
ToBRFV ndi kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a phwetekere ndi capsicum ndipo ndi Zamoyo Zosafunikira ku New Zealand. Monga njira yodzitetezera, Biosecurity New Zealand yayimitsa kwakanthawi kugula kwa capsicum ndi njere za phwetekere kuti zifesedwe kuchokera ku Israel.
Biosecurity New Zealand yakwanitsa kuwerengera mbewu zonse zomwe zatumizidwa kunja ndi mbewu zomwe zidamera. Sipanakhalepo zizindikiro kapena mayeso abwino a ToBRFV kuchokera ku mbewu zomwe zabzalidwa kuchokera ku mbewu, zomwe zangokhala malo atatu owonjezera kutentha ku Auckland.
Biosecurity New Zealand ndi ogwira nawo ntchito m'makampani omwe akhudzidwa agwirizana kuti ayankhe pansi pa mgwirizano wa Boma la Makampani (GIA). Ngakhale kuti palibe chifukwa chokayikira kuti matendawa afalikira, zomera zonse zomwe zabzalidwa kuchokera ku njere zowonongeka zawonongeka kuti zithetse chiopsezo chotsalira. Malo atatu otenthetsera kutentha ayeretsedwanso bwino ndi kuthira tizilombo toyambitsa matenda.
Monga njira yodzitetezera, Biosecurity New Zealand yawononga mbewu zonse za phwetekere zomwe zabzalidwa kuchokera ku njere zosaipitsidwa zomwe zakhala pafupi ndi mbewu zomwe zakhudzidwa.