UPSC Civil Services 2020 Prelims General Studies Paper I

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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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