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Agriculture · Q401

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 401

Q401

A piece of potato tube will form a new plant if it has

A.
Branches
B.
Stored food
C.
Roots
D.
Scales/eyes
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
A piece of potato tube will form a new plant if it has Scales/eyes.
The tubers then serve as a nutrient store that allows the plant to survive the cold and later regrows and reproduce.
Each tuber has from two to as many as 10 buds (or “eyes”), arranged in a spiral pattern around its surface. The buds generate shoots that grow into new plants when conditions are again favourable.