With reference to the current trends in the cultivation of sugarcane in India,
consider the following statements:
A substantial saving in seed material is made when ‘but chip settlings’ are raised in a nursery and transplanted in the main field.
When direct planting of setts is done, the germination percentage is better with single-budded setts as compared to setts with many buds.
If bad weather conditions prevail when setts are directly planted, single-budded setts have better survival as compared to large setts.
Sugarcane can be cultivated using settlings prepared from tissue culture.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 3 only
c. 1 and 4 only
d. 2, 3 and 4 only