Disinfectants & Cleaning Agents Spreadsheet: Version 2

This spreadsheet is available to download and edit with your own notes. It was last updated 09-July-2025. The spreadsheet may not be an exhaustive list and is meant to summarize a variety of products and list relevant research results. It will be updated periodically.

Contact cara.mccreary@ontario.ca to inquire about adding products to this spreadsheet for Version 3.

PART 1. Genomic diversity of ToBRFV: What’s happening in Canada?

Authors: Greg Fougere (MSc candidate, Brock University), Jonathan Griffiths (Research Scientist – Virology, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) and Cara McCreary (Greenhouse Vegetable IPM Specialist, OMAFA)

For several years now tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) has reared its ugly tomato head in Canadian greenhouses and across the world (Zhang et al., 2022). The greenhouse sector and all its allies including greenhouse employees, grower organizations, suppliers and researchers have worked diligently to understand mitigation and management. Biosecurity has improved. Detection has improved. Seed suppliers have developed ToBRFV-resistant cultivars at a rapid pace. But we are not out of the woods quite yet.

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