NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The tubers originate from the swollen ends of stolons. At the farthest point away from stolon attachment and tuber, the terminal bud is produced. The bud shows apical dominance as a normal stem. The tuber is the vegetative propagation part of the potato.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -A tuber is a plant that mainly grows underground. Potatoes and yams are tubers-and they’re delicious with a little butter and salt. 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-4: -A potato is classified as a stem. Because it has many nodes known as eyes. The space between each eye is internodes. The potato eye grows into a shoot and a new plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Potatoes and yams are tubers, whereas taro and cocoyams are derived from corms, underground stems, and swollen hypocotyls. Cassava and sweet potatoes are storage roots and canna and arrowroots are edible rhizomes.