The Remarkable Legacy of Theodor O. Diener (1921-2023): Preeminent Plant Pathologist and the Discoverer of Viroids

Viruses. 2023 Sep 8;15(9):1895. doi: 10.3390/v15091895.

Authors

Robert A Owens¹, Ahmed Hadidi¹

Affiliation

¹ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.

Abstract

Theodor ("Ted") Otto Diener, the discoverer of viroids, died on 28 March 2023 at his home in Beltsville, Maryland, USA [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.