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Question
The ‘eye’ of the potato plant is what
Options
the root is in any plant.
the bud is a flower.
the bud is to Bryophyllum leaf.
the anther is to the stamen.
Solution
the bud is to Bryophyllum leaf.
Explanation:
The eye of the potato is the vegetative bud that arises from nodes of the stem tuber and when this bud or eye is placed in soil, it produces new plantlets. Likewise, the Bryophyllum leaf also has vegetative buds on leaf margins which when placed in the soil produce new plantlets.
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