<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The tulip (<italic>Tulipa</italic> sp.) is one of the most important ornamental bulbous plants, which has been cultivated as a cut-flower, potted, and garden plant, and used for landscaping in Turkey. This study investigated the occurrence of a viral disease in the tulip cultivars Strong Gold, Pretty Woman and Purple Prince that causes striping of the leaves, flames of different colours on the petals and mosaic patterns on the leaves, in Samsun province of Turkey. Surveys of virus-infected tulip plants were carried out in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey in 2015-2016. A total of 212 samples were collected from four locations and checked by biological, serological and molecular methods for the presence of the <italic>Tulip breaking virus</italic> (TBV). TBV was detected in the leaves and flowers by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (DAS-ELISA) in the tulip cultivars (15.5%) tested from Samsun province. TBV infection was found at the highest rate in the cultivar Strong Gold (19.7%), followed by Pretty Woman (14.1%) and Purple Prince (12.8%). The presence of TBV in samples was further confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays. This is the first report on TBV naturally infecting tulips in Samsun province, Turkey.</p></abstract>

The tulip (Tulipa sp.) is one of the most important ornamental bulbous plants, which has been cultivated as a cut-flower, potted, and garden plant, and used for landscaping in Turkey. This study investigated the occurrence of a viral disease in the tulip cultivars Strong Gold, Pretty Woman and Purple Prince that causes striping of the leaves, flames of different colours on the petals and mosaic patterns on the leaves, in Samsun province of Turkey. Surveys of virus-infected tulip plants were carried out in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey in 2015-2016. A total of 212 samples were collected from four locations and checked by biological, serological and molecular methods for the presence of the Tulip breaking virus (TBV). TBV was detected in the leaves and flowers by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (DAS-ELISA) in the tulip cultivars (15.5%) tested from Samsun province. TBV infection was found at the highest rate in the cultivar Strong Gold (19.7%), followed by Pretty Woman (14.1%) and Purple Prince (12.8%). The presence of TBV in samples was further confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays. This is the first report on TBV naturally infecting tulips in Samsun province, Turkey.

The occurrence of the <italic>Tulip breaking virus</italic> in tulips in the northern part of Turkey

Department of Plant Health, Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture

Folia Horticulturae

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The occurrence of the  in tulips in the northern part of Turkey

The tulip (Tulipa sp.) is one of the most important ornamental bulbous plants, which has been cultivated as a cut-flower, potted, and garden plant, and used...

The occurrence of the Tulip breaking virus in tulips in the northern part of Turkey

Published Online: Dec 26, 2019

Page range: 263 - 268

Received: Jan 16, 2019

Accepted: Apr 25, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2019-0020

Keywords
flower, survey, TBV, tulip, virus

© 2019 Ilyas Deligoz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The occurrence of the Tulip breaking virus in tulips in the northern part of Turkey

Published Online: Dec 26, 2019

Page range: 263 - 268

Received: Jan 16, 2019

Accepted: Apr 25, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2019-0020

Keywordsflower, survey, TBV, tulip, virus

© 2019 Ilyas Deligoz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
flower, survey, TBV, tulip, virus