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Viroid

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Food Biotechnology

A plant pathogen that consists of a naked RNA molecule of approximately 250-350 nucleotides, whose extensive base pairing results in a nearly correct double helix. (See Satellite RNA.)

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A plant pathogenic agent, composed of an infectious single-stranded low molecular weight RNA, and no coat protein.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture