Tulip Breaking: Past, Present, and Future
| Autor: | Said A. Ghabrial, Judith A. Lesnaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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| Zdroj: | Plant Disease. 84:1052-1060 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7692 0191-2917 |
| DOI: | 10.1094/pdis.2000.84.10.1052 |
| Popis: | This article focuses on the oldest recorded plant virus disease, tulip breaking, and reflects the authors’ interests in molecular virology, the history of virology, and the broad influence of viruses upon societies and their culture. The potyvirus Tulip breaking virus (TBV) induces in the petals of its host tulips beautiful variegated color patterns that break the solid color of the uninfected tulips, hence the name “tulip breaking.” The human passions of possession that these “broken tulips” induced in seventeenth century Holland generated an economic and social disorder with lasting cultural ramifications referred to as “tulipomania.” Although the lure of the broken tulip persists in the twenty-first century, the molecular mechanisms governing the virus-induced color breaking in tulips remain little understood. Here, we review aspects of the historical impact of tulipomania, the biology of TBV, the pathways and regulation of plant pigment formation, and the potential mechanisms underlying virus-induced color breaking. The reader is cautioned that tulipomania, like tulip breaking, is still contagious. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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