Potato tuber is an underground stem because it bears

Buds on the nodes

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Abundant food reserve

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Adventitious roots

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No chlorophyll

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Solution

The correct option is A Buds on the nodes
A. Buds on the nodes
Reason: Plants like potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) reproduce by producing tubers. Tubers are modified stems that store food material such as starch. Tubers arise as swollen ends of stolons, and contain many adventitious buds, generally known as 'Eyes on potatoes'.
Therefore, the correct option is A.

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