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The 'eyes' of the potato tuber represent which of the following?

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nodes

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root buds

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flower buds

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D

leaf buds

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Solution

The correct option is A nodes
A tuber is swollen or oval underground modified stem lacking adventurous roots. It has a number of spirally arranged depressions called eyes. Each eye represents a node.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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