alleryStart learning →The eyes of a potato are best described as what?
AAdventitious buds on a modified stem
BLateral roots on a modified taproot
CAxillary flowers on a modified stolon
DDormant seeds inside a modified fruit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Adventitious buds on a modified stem
1. A potato is a tuber, which is a modified stem that stores starch.
2. Tubers arise as swollen ends of stolons and carry many adventitious or unusual buds.
3. Those buds are the eyes familiar on a potato, so the eyes are buds on a stem.
4. Calling them lateral roots or seeds misreads the potato as a root or a fruit, which it is not.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 30 "Plant Form and Physiology", section 30.2 Stems_
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