TMV is a plant virus. For the first time in 1886, Dutch scientist Adolf Mayer (Adolf Mayer) saw the mosaic disease of tobacco leaves. In 1898, the scientist Beijerinck named the tobacco leaf virus Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV). In 1935, scientist W. M. Stanley isolated TMV from tobacco. In 1957, scientist Smith gave another name to TMV Nicotiana virus-1.