Civil Services Examination · Question 89
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?
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Answer: (C) 1 and 4 only
Explanation
Bud-chip nurseries save seed cane, and tissue-culture settlings are used. Multi-budded (3-bud) setts germinate and survive better than single-bud setts in direct planting.