Association of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) infestation and tomato brown rugose fruit virus incidence in greenhouse tomatoes following dimethyl disulfide soil treatment

These findings provide the first experimental evidence that ToBRFV incidence co-varies with <i>M. incognita</i> severity in tomato under greenhouse conditions. The study demonstrates the utility of nematode suppression gradients for disentangling virus-nematode associations and identifies DMDS as an effective soil fumigation strategy for RKN suppression, within which ToBRFV incidence consistently declined along the nematode suppression gradient.