Given the Assertion and Reason below, Choose one of the following responses $\begin{array}{1 1}\text{Assertion:Ethylene is a gaseous phytohormone.}\\\text{Reason:It is responsible for the ripening of many fruits}\end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{1 1}(A)\;\text{Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion}\\(B)\;\text{Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion}\\(C)\;\text{Assertion is true but the reason is false}\\(D)\;\text{Both assertion and reason are false}\end{array}$