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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]
Tulip enthusiasts who wanted "true colours" were pleased as the research showed that "breaking" could be prevented by stopping infection of the bulbs (for example, by aphids). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Cayley described her findings in two articles published in 1928 and 1932.
Tulip mania (Dutch: tulpenmanie) was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels. The major acceleration started in 1634 and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637.
A rare but potentially fatal condition struck one family without warning during a vacation to Germany two years ago. And now, a heartbroken mom has gone viral on TikTok, opening up about losing ...
Oncolytic virotherapy is not a new idea – as early as the mid 1950s doctors were noticing that cancer patients who suffered a non-related viral infection, or who had been vaccinated recently, showed signs of improvement; [3] this has been largely attributed to the production of interferon and tumour necrosis factors in response to viral infection, but oncolytic viruses are being designed ...
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The human immunodeficiency virus is the virus that – when the infection is not treated – can cause AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). [174] Most virologists believe that HIV originated in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 20th century, [ 175 ] [ 176 ] and over 70 million individuals have been infected by the virus.
Currently, there is not a way to chemically control tobacco necrosis virus. There are, however, cultural management options to reduce the risk of the virus. Prior to planting, one can reduce risk of this disease by investigating the history of their soil for past presence of TNV or of its fungal host vector Olpidium brassicae. [3]