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

1. A

   1 and 2 only

   1 and 2 only. Two crops outside the season is not a necessity of short-duration varieties as stated.

2. B

   3 only

   3 only. Tissue-culture settlings can be used, but not as the sole keyed limb.

3. C

   1 and 4 only

   1 and 4 only. Bud-chip settlings in trays save seed; ratooning is standard. The other two over-claim.

4. D

   2, 3 and 4 only

   2, 3 and 4 only. Drops the seed-saving limb; keeps a false must-have second crop.

Summary. Official key is (c) 1 and 4 only. Bud-chip tray settlings save a large mass of cane seed. Ratooning is normal practice. Short-duration cane does not force two extra-season crops as worded, and tissue culture is not the official pair.