NEETBotanyBiological Classification
What type of genetic material do viruses that infect plants have?
Options
- ASingle stranded RNA
- BDouble stranded RNA
- CDouble stranded DNA
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
A. Single stranded RNA
Step-by-step solution
In addition to proteins, viruses also contain genetic material, that could be either RNA or DNA. No virus contains both RNA and DNA. A virus is a nucleoprotein and the genetic material is infectious. In general, viruses that infect plants have single stranded RNA and viruses that infect animals have either single or double stranded RNA or double stranded DNA.Bacterial viruses or bacteriophages (viruses that infect the bacteria) are usually double stranded DNA viruses. The protein coat called capsid made of small su