HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Sweet potato is a modification of adventitious roots. It modifies to store nutrients and produce a new plant. It grows form the nodes of a running stem and they are irregularly swollen due to the storage of food. Sweet potato gives rise to adventitious buds which when detached can give rise to a new plants .

Detailed explanation-2: -They are also called root tubers. Sweet potato is a dicot plant from the family Convolvulaceae. It is an example of an adventitious root and is a modified form of tuberous roots. The food is stored in the form of starch in sweet potatoes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Potatoes and yams technically have modified belowground stems (“stem tubers”) while sweet potatoes have “root tubers.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Sweet potato is a modification of adventitious roots which grow from the nodes of a running stem and they are irregularly swollen due to storage of food. They can give rise to adventitious buds which when detached can give rise to new plants thus performing the function of vegetative propagation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Place the sweet potato in a container of water. Keep the top 1/3 of the potato exposed by placing toothpicks into the sides. The pointed end should be down in the water. In a few weeks a vine with several stems will begin to sprout.