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 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?
(a)
1 and 2 only
(b)
3 only
(c)
1 and 4
(d)
2, 3 and 4 only