Fig. 3.

The density dynamics of R. solanacearum bacterium and R. solanacearum-specific phages in healthy and diseased plant rhizosphere microbiome samples and during a greenhouse validation experiment. a, b The mean (± SD) density dynamics of R. solanacearum bacterium (a) and its phages (b) in healthy (blue) and diseased (red) plant rhizosphere microbiome samples over time. c The average density dynamics of different R. solanacearum-specific phage species in healthy (H) and diseased (D) plant rhizosphere microbiome samples over time. d Comparison of R. solanacearum virus-to-host ratio between healthy (blue line) and diseased (red line) plant samples across time. e Bacterial wilt disease development in tomato in the absence (red) and presence (blue) of phages during validation greenhouse experiment. f The R. solanacearum density dynamics in the absence (red) and presence (blue) of phages (left Y-axis); the density of R. solanacearum-specific phages is shown on dashed light blue line (right Y-axis). In panels a, b, and d, data shows four biological replicates per healthy and diseased plant group, while each line represents an individual biological replicate in c (significances are shown as *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001; n.s., non-significant, one-way ANOVA, see Additional file 1: Supplementary Data S3 for details). In e and f, data shows four biological replicates per treatment