Question

Potato and tomato are native of

• A. Canada
• B. North America
• C. China
• D. South America

Answer 1

The correct option is D South America

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia, where they were domesticated approximately 7,000-10,000 years ago.

The tomato is the edible, often red fruit/berry of the nightshade Solanum lycopersicum. The species originated in the south American Andes and its use as a food originated in Mexico and spread throughout the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Thus, the correct answer is option D.