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Assertion:In case of vegetatively propagated crops, pure line selection is not required.
Reason:Hybrid vigour is mostly used in vegetatively propagated plants.

A

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

B

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

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If the assertion and reason both are false.

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In case of vegetatively propagated crops, pure line selection is not required.Pure-line selection is useful only for sexually reproducing plants.Hybrid vigour is most profitably used in vegetatively propagated crops because they do not involve sexual reproduction and hence loss of hybrid superiority.
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