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[A]: Indiscriminate exploitation of economi- cally important wild plants may lead to their extinction.
[R]: Conservation of the germplasm is re- sponsible for extinction of the species

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If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

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If A is true and R is false

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If both A and R are false

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