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Also known as the tulip break virus, lily streak virus, lily mosaic virus, or simply TBV, tulip breaking virus is most famous for its dramatic effects on the color of the tulip perianth, an effect highly sought after during the 17th-century Dutch "tulip mania". [3] Tulip breaking virus is a potyvirus. [4]
Through bulb-grafting experiments, she found that "Tulip Breaking" could be transferred from one plant to another, rather than being genetic in nature. She concluded that the infectious agent was a virus as the filtrate of an infected bulb did not cause "breaking", and that the virus was probably spread by aphids. [3]
It is now known that this effect is due to the bulbs being infected with a type of tulip-specific mosaic virus, known as the "tulip breaking virus", so called because it "breaks" the one petal colour into two or more. [27] [28] Less conspicuously, the virus also progressively impairs the tulip's production of daughter bulbs. [29]
Variegation produced by the tulip breaking virus. Botrytis tulipae is a major fungal disease affecting tulips, causing cell death and eventually the rotting of the plant. [26] Other pathogens include anthracnose, bacterial soft rot, blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii, bulb nematodes, other rots including blue molds, black molds and mushy rot. [27]
On a windy spring morning, the robot trundled Tuesday along rows of yellow and red “goudstuk” tulips, checking each plant and, when necessary, killing diseased bulbs to prevent the spread of ...
P. tuberosiflavi Potato yellow blotch virus P. tulipadefractum Tulip breaking virus P. tulipatessellati Tulip mosaic virus P. vallotae Vallota mosaic virus P. vanillae Vanilla distortion mosaic virus P. verbenae Verbena virus Y P. vetuberosi Potato virus V P. vignae Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus P. wisteriae Wisteria vein mosaic virus
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Contemporary tulip owners commonly had Rembrandt and other artists paint their flowers to preserve them for posterity, hence the 'broken' tulips were known as Rembrandt tulips at that time. Another modern variety is 'Princess Irene'. [53] [54] [55] One of the tulip breaking viruses is also named the Rembrandt tulip-breaking virus (ReTBV). [56] [57]