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BotanyBiological ClassificationViruses, Viroids and PrionsEasy2 minPYQ_2020
BotanyEasysingle choice

Beijernick concluded that the cause of tobacco mosaic disease was not a filtrate toxin because

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Solution:

M.W. Beijerinek demonstrated that the extract of the infected plants of tobacco could cause infection in healthy plants and called the fluid as contagium vivum fluidum (infectious living fluid). The virus was found to be smaller than bacteria because they passed through a bacteria proof filter.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:BotanyTopic:Biological ClassificationSubtopic:Viruses, Viroids and Prions
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