Latent Tobamovirus Infections: Implications for Diagnostics and Co-infection

This review explores Tobamoviruses, including tomato brown rugose fruit virus, focusing on latent infections that show no visible symptoms. Such infections complicate diagnostics, as symptom-inducing viruses may be prioritized. Latent viruses may also alter symptom development or replication of co-infecting viruses, leading to more severe plant symptoms. The study, authored by Rabia Ilyas, Mareike J. Rohde, Katja R. Richert-Pöggeler, and Heiko Ziebell, was conducted in Germany and published in Plants. An informational poster illustrates symptomatic and asymptomatic plants. Full article available at https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/16/2166.