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Plant Growth And Development

Question
CBSEENBI11003468

Assertion: Yeasts are unicellular fungi that are used in bakery and brewery industries.

Reason: Potato spindle tuber disease is caused by viroids

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution

B.

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (commonly known as baker's yeast) is a single-celled eukaryote that is frequently used in scientific research. The Potato spindle tuber viroid was the first viroid to be identified. PSTVd is a small, circular RNA molecule closely related to the chrysanthemum stunt viroid.