Q.Viroids, discovered in 1971 as the causative agents of potato spindle tuber disease, were first described by:

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T.O. Diener discovered viroids in 1971 as the cause of potato spindle tuber …

T.O. Diener discovered viroids in 1971 while investigating the causal agent of potato spindle tuber disease, finding an infectious agent even smaller than the smallest known viruses and lacking the protein coat that always surrounds a virus's genetic material. D.J. Ivanowsky (1892) first recognised the causal agent of tobacco mosaic disease as smaller than bacteria; M.W. Beijerinck (1898) n …

Match the discovery (viroids, potato spindle tuber disease, 1971) to the correct scientist a …

Confusing Diener's discovery of viroids with Prusiner's later work on prions, since both involve inf …