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Theodor Otto Diener

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American phytopathologist (1921-2023)

United StatesScientistsLived 1921 to 2023 · aged 102
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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.

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1987National Medal of Science
1987Wolf Prize in Agriculture

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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.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1921 to 2023 · aged 102
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