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Secondary Growth in Stem

The ‘eyes’ of...

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The ‘eyes’ of the potato tubers are

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Flower buds

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Root buds

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Axillary buds

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Shoot buds

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Solution

The correct option is C
Axillary buds

The tubers are modified underground stem branches having several buds. Each eye of the potato tuber is a bud which grows into a new potato plant.

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