# Theodor Otto Diener

> Theodor Otto Diener was a Swiss-American plant pathologist who discovered viroids in 1971, recognized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses as a new order of subviral agents. He discovered that the potato spindle tuber disease is not caused by a virus, unexpectedly, but a short strand of RNA without protein capsid, which he termed viroid. He received the Wolf Prize in Agriculture, the highest in the field.

*American phytopathologist (1921–2023)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1921-02-28
- **Died:** 2023-03-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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- [Theodor O. Diener](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_O._Diener)
- [Theodor Otto Diener](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Otto_Diener)
- [Theodor Otto Diener](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Otto_Diener)
- [セオドール・ディーナー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC)
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- [Theodor Diener](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Diener)
- [Theodor Otto Diener](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Otto_Diener)
- [Динер, Теодор Отто](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE)
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