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Viroids discovered by Diener (1971) are infectious agents and cause diseases in plants only. They differ from viruses in being

A

naked ssDNA molecules without protein coat

B

naked ssRNA molecule of 250-400 nucleotides without protein coat

C

naked DNA packaged with viral genome

D

satellite DNA packaged with viral genome

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B
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