• Nutritive Storage Tissues in Mature Seeds:
• Hypocotyl: In Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa), the primary nutrient-storing tissue is an extraordinarily enlarged, oil- and protein-rich swollen hypocotyl, while cotyledons are rudimentary $\rightarrow$ (I)
• Perisperm: In Water lily (Nymphaea), as well as black pepper and beet, persistent nutritive diploid nucellar tissue forms the prominent perisperm $\rightarrow$ (II)
• Endosperm: In Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), residual triploid endosperm layers surround the embryo and store reserves $\rightarrow$ (III)
• Cotyledon: In Marigold (Tagetes) and diverse Asteraceae/Fabaceae, the massive embryonic cotyledons serve as the principal nutrient storage organ $\rightarrow$ (IV)
• Systematic Match: (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV) corresponds to Option 4.

Correct option: (4) (A)- (I), (B)- (MI), (C)- (lll), (D)- (IV)

• Statement (I) is True: In pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) foundation seed production, the maximum permissible limit for plants infected with ergot (Claviceps fusiformis) at final field inspection is strictly $0.02\%$ (2 in 10,000 plants).
• Statement (II) is True: If ergot-infected earheads are observed (even at $0.01\%$ level), the harvested seed lot cannot be certified unless it undergoes specific flotation treatment in $10\%$ salt (brine) solution to float and skim off sclerotia, followed by thorough fresh water rinsing and rapid drying.
• Conclusion: Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true (Option 1).

Correct option: (1) Both Statement (|) and Statement (II) are true.