Fig. 3

(A) Average height of the healthy (-PhyRMV–mock-inoculation) and infected (+ PhyRMV) plants at 0, 21, and 42 days after inoculation (DAI). (B) The total Falker Chlorophyll Index of the local and systemic leaves of healthy (− PhyRMV–mock-inoculation) and infected (+ PhyRMV) plants at 21 DAI. (C) Number of fruits from virus-free (− PhyRMV) and infected (+ PhyRMV) plants. (D) The morphology and appearance of the fruits collected from the healthy (− PhyRMV) and infected (+ PhyRMV) plants at 100 DAI. *Significant differences from controls at P ≤ 0.05 determined by employing the t-test (n = 3 biological replicates).