A Researcher Is Studying a Single Plant Infected with Tobacco

question 30

Multiple Choice

A researcher is studying a single plant infected with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) . She crushes three of the plant's leaves in a small amount of water and stores the sample in the refrigerator overnight. The next day she sprays the mixture onto a new set of tobacco plants she had recently trimmed and repotted. Which of the following results will most likely occur?

• A) The plant cuticle would protect them from infection and they would continue growing as before.
• B) The plants would develop the typical symptoms of TMV infection and would be able to transmit the disease.
• C) These plants would not show any disease symptoms but vertical transmission would cause their offspring to be diseased.
• D) The plants would become infected with TMV, but extracts from these plants would be unable to infect other plants.

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