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Agriculture · Q461

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 461

Q461

Hordei viruses are

A.
Monopartite
B.
Bipartite
C.
Tripartite
Answer
D.
Unidentified

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Hordeiviruses are Tripartite.
Tripartite is divided into or composed of three parts.
Hordeivirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Virgaviridae. Plants serve as natural hosts. There are four species in this genus.
Viruses in the genus Hordeivirus are non-enveloped, with rod-shaped geometries. The diameter is around 20 - 25 nm, with a length of 20 - 25 nm. Genomes are linear and segmented, tripartite or quadripartite, around 3.3 kb in length.