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An infectious agent associated with potato spindle tuber disease is smaller than viruses and lacks a protein coat. What is its chemical nature?
Explanation
The infectious agent is a viroid. Viroids consist of free RNA of low molecular weight and lack the protein coat found in viruses. T. O. Diener discovered them while studying potato spindle tuber disease.
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