BHU PMT BHU PMT Solved Paper-2002

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    Potato is cultivated by :

    A)                  seeds                                  

    B)  buds

    C)                  root cutting                      

    D)  tubers

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Potato tuber is modified stem. The eyes or buds present on tuber grow into new plants. So potato is cultivated by tubers. Root cutting is used for vegetative propagation in sweet potato, Dahlia. These roots develop buds, each of which form a new plant. Seeds are a product of sexual reproduction. In side seed embryo is present which develops into new plant or germination e.g., pea, gram. Buds develops into new plants like buds of potato tuber, buds at leaf margin of Bryophyllum are develops into new plants.


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