The Tulip breaking virus is one of five plant viruses of the family Potyviridae that cause color-breaking of tulip flowers. These viruses infect only two genera of plants: Tulipa (tulips) and Lilium (lillies), (family Liliaceae). Tulip-breaking virus (TBV), Tulip top-breaking virus (TTBV), Tulip bandbreaking virus (TBBV), Rembrandt tulip-breaking virus (ReTBV) and Lily mottle virus (LMoV) have all been identified as potyviruses by serology and potyvirus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In addition, sequence analysis of amplified DNA fragments has classified them all as distinct viruses or strains; recently TTBV has been found to be strain-related to turnip mosaic virus.
Tulip breaking virus is a member of the potato virus Y group; a distant serological relationship to tobacco etch virus was discovered in 1971.
Also known as the Tulip break virus, Lily streak virus, Tulip mosaic virus, Lily mosaic virus, or simply TBV, tulip breaking virus is most famous for its dramatic effects on the color of the tulip perianth, which helped to cause the speculative price of rare tulip bulbs during the period of so-called "Tulip mania" in the 17th century Netherlands.
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