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

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naked ssDNA molecules without protein coat

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naked ssRNA molecule of 250-400 nucleotides without protein coat

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naked DNA packaged with viral genome

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satellite DNA packaged with viral genome

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