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Assertions : Breeding and development of cultivars resistance to diseases enhances food production.
Reason : Cultivar resistance to disease reduces the dependece on use of fungicides and bacteriocides.

A

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

B

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

C

If assertion is true bur reason is false.

D

if both assertion and reason are false.

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