Theodor Otto Diener

Theodor Otto Diener is an American plant pathologist and was the first in the field to describe viroids.

Awards by Theodor Otto Diener

Check all the awards nominated and won by Theodor Otto Diener.

Wolf Prize in Agriculture	(for his discovery and pioneering fundamental research on viroids and his applied work on viroid detection in crops.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences	(For the discovery of viroids, the smallest known agent of infectious disease. This discovery has opened new avenues of molecular research into some of the most serious diseases afflicting plants, animals, and humans.)