Question

What is the seed buds in potato called?

Answer 1

Vegetative propagation:

1. The mode of asexual reproduction in which the vegetative part of a plant is capable of giving rise new plant is known as vegetative propagation.
2. Example: Eyes of potatoes, rhizome of ginger, leaf buds of Bryophyllum.
3. These parts of the plant are capable of developing into new plants.

Seeds buds in potato:

1. The tuber of a potato is a swollen part of an underground stem or modified stem.
2. Upon maturation number of seed buds together come up on the surface of the tuber.
3. The seed buds in potatoes are known as the eyes of the potato (Vegetative propagule).
4. The eyes of potatoes are green in color and can produce new potato plants.
5. From each bud, a new potato plant is produced.