Q11 / 200 · NEET 2011 (Screening) · Botany

The 'Eyes' of the potato tuber are

  • A
    flower buds
  • B
    shoot buds
  • Correct answer
    C
    axillary buds
  • D
    root buds

Solution

Tuber is oval or spherical swollen underground modified stem lacking adventitious roots. It possesses a number of spirally arranged depressions called eyes. Each eye represents node and consists of $1-3$ axillarly buds in the axils of small scally leaves.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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