Sugarcane Cultivation Techniques

Using the 'bud chip' method, only the bud with a small portion of the node is used to raise seedlings in a nursery, drastically reducing the volume of raw sugarcane wasted as seed material (Statement 1 is correct). In direct planting, larger setts with multiple buds generally have a better germination percentage and survival rate (especially under adverse weather) because they have more stored moisture and nutrients compared to fragile single-bud setts (Statements 2 and 3 are incorrect). Modern agricultural biotechnology routinely utilizes tissue culture to rapidly multiply disease-free sugarcane settlings (Statement 4 is correct). > One-line conceptual takeaway: Modern sugarcane cultivation favors bud-chip nurseries and tissue culture to conserve valuable cane material, whereas traditional direct planting relies on multi-bud setts for robust survival. Answer: (c).