Daniel J. Kliebenstein and colleagues tested whether soil microorganisms from ecologically different settings—ponderosa pine forest, irrigated pasture, and so on—affect plants’ flavor chemistry. Although they found associations between plants’ glucosinolates (compounds that produce spicy and bitter flavors) and plants’ growth conditions, variations in glucosinolates could not be __________ soil microbes specifically.
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mediumWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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attributed to
B
subverted by
C
excluded from
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forestalled by