Viruses that infects plants generally have

ds DNA

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ssRNA

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ds RNA

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ssDNA

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Solution

The correct option is B ssRNA
Approximately around 70% of viruses infecting plant are ssRNA, 20% are ssDNA and rest are either dsRNA or dsDNA.
ssDNA is advantageous due to it's ability to infect and duplicate it's genome faster.

So, the correct option is 'ssRNA'.

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