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    sc 1000: strain of plant

    If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, it increases the likelihood that the impact of a single crop disease or pest will be disastrous.
    (A) If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, it
    (B) If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area, as is fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, it
    (C) A practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, a single strain of plant used for a given crop over a wide area
    (D) A single strain of plant used for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods,E
    (E) The use of single strain of plant for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods,


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    A: wrong modifier. "A practice" modifies "if a single strain".
    B: What does "it" refer to. Incorrect pronoun reference.
    C: Wrong modifier. "A single strain of plant" is not "A practice".
    D: Wrong modifier. What does "a practice" modify?

    E is the answer.

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    agree with slow and steady e is the ans

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