Do you know beauty of striped tulip came from a virus?🌷 Tulip breaking virus (TBV), also known as tulip mosaic virus, is a plant virus. In peculiar, TBV infection of tulip leaves a stripe pattern without pathogenic lesions on the host. Tulips with the stripe pattern were once sold at extraordinarily high prices, which was about 10 times the annual income of average workers during the so-called Tulip mania period during the 17th century in the Netherlands. Of course, the stripe pattern was highly valued for its artistic beauty, without knowing it was the result of a viral infection. This is a good example of virus helping human😁 Please do extra research before believing anything. Happy reading 😍
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