Question

Find out wrongly matched pair

• A. Tuber - Potato
• B. Leaf buds - Banana
• C. Offsets - Water Hyacinth
• D. Rhizome - Ginger

Answer 1

The correct option is B Leaf buds - Banana

A) Potatoes are propagated by tubers. Tubers are the underground modification of stem which stores starch. It has buds on its surface which help in the growth of the new plant as these buds are meristematic in nature. The buds are also known as the eye.

B) Banana is propagated by inflorescence. The female flowers of the inflorescence present on the true stem mature and develop into fruit without fertilization of gametes.

C) Water Hyacinth propagates by offsets. An offset is a short thick runner like the branch which produces a new plant at its tip. The offsets grow in all directions from the main stem of the parent plant.

D) Ginger is propagated by the rhizome. It is an underground stem modification. The terminal bud of rhizome may or may not grow into an aerial shoot. The stem is differentiated into nodes and internodes. Adventitious root occurs on the lower side.

So, the correct answer is option B.