With regards to assertion and reason, choose the correct option.
Assertion: Somatic hybridization can be done of four different species of rice.
Reason: Somatic hybridization is done to improve the crop.
Somatic hybridization has made it possible to transfer several desirable genetic characteristics among plants. For example, interspecific fusion of four different species of rice (Oryza brachyantha, O. elchngeri, O. officinalis and O. perrieri) could be done to improve the crop.