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“BREAKING” IN TULIPS
Author(s) -
CAYLEY D. M.
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1928.tb07775.x
Subject(s) - biology , bulb , anatomy , botany
Summary.1 “Breaking” in Tulips is infectious and can be induced by bringing the internal tissue of a normal bulb in contact with tissue from a “broken” bulb during the resting stage. 2 The degree of “breaking” appears to be proportional to the amount of infected tissue introduced. 3 The phenomenon of “parrotting” has appeared in the “broken” flowers from bulbs infected with a small amount of “broken” tissue. 4 Injections of filtrate from “broken” tissue have given negative results so far.