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#Question id: 39266


Q. Assertion: Somatic hybrids of potato fused with S. brevidens are used in breeding programs to combat Potato Leaf Roll Virus (PLRV). 
Reason:S. brevidens is a wild relative of the potato that carries natural resistance to certain viral and bacterial diseases like Erwinia soft rot.

#Plant Biotechnology
  1. Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
  2. Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion.
  3. Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
  4. Assertion is false, but Reason is true.