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Agriculture · Q787

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 787

Q787

Pinwheel inclusion bodies are

A.
Comovirus
B.
Potyvirus
Answer
C.
Potexvirus
D.
Bromovirus

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Pinwheel inclusion bodies are Potyvirus.
A unique feature shared by all plant viruses of the Potyviridae family is the induction of characteristic pinwheel-shaped inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm of infected cells.
These cylindrical inclusions are composed of the viral-encoded cylindrical inclusion helicase (CI protein).