Tomato brown rugose fruit virus and pepino mosaic virus differentially modulate disease severity of bacterial pith necrosis and bacterial canker in tomato
Evanson Ngugi, Ilana Bekelman, Nir Berholz, Lior Avraham, Sigal Perets, Edward Belausov, Maya Bar, Aviv Dombrovsky, Doron Teper
This study shows that ToBRFV and PepMV differentially affect bacterial disease severity in tomatoes, either increasing or decreasing symptom expression depending on the pathogen.
bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology