Tubers, such as potatoes, are fleshy underground storage structures composed of enlarged parts of the stem. A tuber functions in asexual propagation as a result of the tiny scale leaves equipped with buds that grow on its surface. Each of these buds can form a new plant, genetically identical to the parent.
Is potato a asexual reproduction?
Potatoes are one example of plants that reproduce through asexual reproduction. Normally plants need two parents. With asexual reproduction, there is only one parent plant.
How do potato plants reproduce asexually Class 7?
Potato reproduces asexually by the process of vegetative propagation. Potatoes have small eyes which give rise to scaly leaves. In the rainy season these eyes start to produce scaly leaves due to availability of required amount of moisture. Scaly leaves develop into new plants.
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