AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some plants like radish, carrot, beetroot store food materials in their roots. The bulged out roots of these plants are known as tuberous roots. Storing food in the roots help them to use it during scarcity of food and survive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Underground stems are the most common storage organs. They vary in structure but differ from roots in the possession of scale leaves and buds. Stem tubers, as we have seen, are one type.

Detailed explanation-3: -Storage roots, such as carrot, beetroot, raddish and sweet potato, are examples of roots that are specially modified for storage of starch and water.

Detailed explanation-4: -A tuberous root is an elongated fleshy root that has been transformed into a storage organ, producing shoots on one end and roots on the other. It is a modified form of root that helps to store food material.

Detailed explanation-5: -1: Storage roots: Many vegetables, such as carrots and beets, are modified roots that store food and water. Other examples of modified roots are aerating roots and haustorial roots.