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In virus-infected plants the meristemati...

In virus-infected plants the meristematic tissues in both apical and axillary buds are free of virus because

A

the dividing calls are virus resistant

B

Meristerms have antiviral compounds

C

The cell division of meristems are faster than the rate of viral multiplcation

D

Viruses cannot multiply within meristerm cell (s)

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C
in virus infected plants the meristematic tissues in both apical and axillary buds are free of virus because the multiplcation of merstematic cells faster than replication of viruses.
The main reason behindd it is the gene silencing Nether diviing cells are virus resistant nor the maraistems have antiiviral compounds .
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