PLANTS
PLANT TISSUE
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rhizomes
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bulb
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stolons
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tubers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bulbils. These are modified axillary vegetative or floral buds meant for food storage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tubers are modified stems that may store starch, as seen in the potato. Tubers arise as swollen ends of stolons, and contain many adventitious or unusual buds (familiar to us as the “eyes” on potatoes).
Detailed explanation-3: -Solanum tuberosum or potato is a modified stem. It reproduces vegetatively through tubers. Tubers are modified underground stem which has several buds. Each eye of the potato tuber is a bud which grows into a new plant when it is planted with a portion of the swollen tuber.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is the modified stem. They are modified to perform a variety of functions such as food storage, penetration organs, etc. Tuber, bulb, corm, stolon, and rhizome are all stem modifications. A tuber is a thickened underground part of a stem.