DENDROLOGY

TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
an underground stem is ____
A
grafting
B
cutting
C
tuber
D
flower
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The tubers survive in winters till spring. On arrival of appropriate conditions, the tubers propagate. The stored food in tubers is used to grow stems. Therefore, the potato is an underground stem because it possesses axillary buds called eyes.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are different types of underground stems. They include rhizomes, bulbs, corms, stolon, and tubers.

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