Figure 1

Assessing the effectiveness of various disinfectants against virus infection. Statistical analysis using the Bayesian method was used to evaluate the effect of different disinfectants against infectivity through mechanical inoculation on tomato plants of four viral and viroid pathogens, including A). Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV), B). Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd), C). Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), and D). Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). In Bayesian analysis with a credibility interval (CI) of 1 representing 100% infection rate, meaning there was no effect in that treatment, whereas CI of 0 representing zero infection rate, meaning a full protection of treated plants by that disinfectant. The lower the CI value, the better effect that disinfectant against that pathogen. The higher the CI value, more plants were infected, thus the efficacy of that disinfectant was lower. Variable effects of each disinfectant are represented with a range of CI values generated from different replications. Those disinfectants with CI values not in overlap indicates significant differences between them. POS: positive control with pathogen only (PepMV, PSTVd, ToMV and TMV) without treatment; GG: Greenhouse Guardian (1.1 g/L); BS: BioSide (0.78 mL/L); GS: Green-Shield (5.20 mL/L); VOR: Vortexx (1.95 mL/L); SD: SaniDate (3.82 mL/L); DOG-0.1: DES-O-GERM (1 mL/L); DOG-0.2: DES-O-GERM (2 mL/L); KG: KleenGrow (4 mL/L); MF: Menno Florades (30 mL/L); MTF: Menno-Ter forte (10 mL/L); SO: StorOx (9.77 mL/L); OCT: Octave (7.81 mL/L); VS-0.5: Virkon S (5 g/L); TSP: Trisodium phosphate (100 mL saturated solution/L); LYSOL: Lysol all-purpose cleaner (500 ml/L); CLOROX: Clorox regular-bleach (100 mL/L); NFDM: Nonfat dry milk (200 g/L); VS-1.0: Virkon S (10 g/L); VS-2.0: Virkon S (20 g/L); NEG: negative control with inoculation buffer only.