Tomato Rootstock Resistance to Brown Rugose Fruit Virus: Field and Lab Trials

Research from figshare by Edan Rochsar, last updated in April 2026, describes experiments on managing tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). The work involved screening 97 wild and cultivated tomato varieties and evaluating grafting combinations of resistant and susceptible plants in controlled and commercial field trials. Results show a 16.43% infection rate for plants with both resistant scions and rootstocks, compared to over 92% for susceptible controls.

Use Cases

• Training models to predict disease resistance outcomes based on grafting combinations and Tm-1 gene presence.
• Analyzing the efficacy of rootstock barriers against soil-borne viral transmission mentioned in the description.
• Comparing infection rates from controlled root inoculations versus foliar inoculations described in the methods.
• Studying the interaction between wild and cultivated tomato germplasms for resistance screening.

Strengths

• Includes results from both controlled experiments and commercial field trials.
• Reports specific infection rate comparisons, such as 16.43% for RS/RR combinations versus over 92% for susceptible controls.
• Based on screening of 97 total tomato varieties (52 wild and 45 cultivated).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 109.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Research involving screening tomato varieties for resistance, generating grafted plants, and conducting controlled and field inoculations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:26:36; freshness should be verified.