PLANTS
TRANSPORT IN PLANTS
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Question
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leaves
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stem
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tubers
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Detailed explanation-1: -In spring, the stem tubers are sources and the growing leaves are sinks.
Detailed explanation-2: -The part of a potato plant that can be eaten is its thickened underground stem-and officially, that’s the part of the plant considered a tuber.
Detailed explanation-3: -Potato tubers are actually a modified stem with approximately 70-75% content of water and a remaining 25-30% of dry mater. They have nodes or eyes from which the new growth begins. The new stems growing from each eye are called sprouts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Potatoes are stem tubers – enlarged stolons thicken to develop into storage organs. The tuber has all the parts of a normal stem, including nodes and internodes. The nodes are the eyes and each has a leaf scar.
Detailed explanation-5: -tuber, specialized storage stem of certain seed plants. Tubers are usually short and thickened and typically grow below the soil. Largely composed of starch-storing parenchyma tissue, they constitute the resting stage of various plants and enable overwintering in many species.