Arandom mutation in a cotton plant caused it to produce double the amount of cotton bolls. the extra amount of cotton produced is a desirable trait. which statement best describes what the cotton farmer should do to increase the chances that new cotton plants exhibit this trait?

a
the cotton farmer should let the cotton plant grow larger.

b
the cotton farmer should dig up the cotton plant and plant it next to different cotton plants.

c
the cotton farmer should breed the cotton plant with this trait to other cotton plants to produce offspring with this trait.

d
the cotton farmer should dig up all his cotton plants and replace them with seeds from the mutated cotton plant.