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Assertion : Agrobacterium tumefaciens is popular in genetic engineering because this bacterium is associated with the roots of all cereal and pulse crops.
Reason : A gene incorporated in the bacterial chromosomal genome gets automatically transferred to the crop with which the bacterium is associated .

A

If both assertion and reason are ture and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertin

B

If both assertion and reason are ture but reason is not a correct edplanation of the assertion

C

If the assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both the assertion and reason are false

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