AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It bears eyes that resemble the axillary buds present at the nodes of the stem. These eyes or buds are meristematic in nature and have the capacity to form a new plant shoot which grows to form stem, leaves, and flowers. Thus, a piece of potato without an eye does not have the capacity to form new plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : A piece of potato tuber will form a new plant if it has scales/eyes/buds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: The eyes of the potato tuber are the axillary buds. The axillary bud (or lateral bud) is an embryonic shoot located in the axil of the leaf.

Detailed explanation-4: -the cutting of potao tuber must have an eye to grow into a new plant, why is it so? Q. A piece of potato tuber with an eye produces a new plant while another piece without an eye does not.

Detailed explanation-5: -New potato plants grow (sprout) from the buds (eyes) on the skin surface of potato tubers. When one or more of the eyes begin to sprout, the tubers are ready to cut into seed pieces. You can also cut the tubers before the eyes sprout.