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Do you see the prospects of viroids being used as plants vectors in near future?

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Viroids are smallest and simplest pathogenic agents comparising of 300-400 bases long, circular, single standed, naked RNA. They are mechanically transferable and infect other parts of the plants. They have capability of being used as plant vectors.
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