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🔬 Biology  ·  Reproduction in Organisms  ·  NEET

The "eyes" of a potato tuber that develop into new plants are actually:

Answer: axillary buds.

  • A flowers
  • B axillary buds
  • C adventitious roots
  • D leaves

Correct answer: B. axillary buds

Explanation: Each eye is a node bearing an axillary bud; this is a form of natural vegetative propagation.

Labeled diagram of a mature flower showing sepals, petals, stamens (anther and filament), and the pistil (stigma, style, ovary with ovules)

Structure of a mature flower. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Asexual and sexual reproduction, flower anatomy, pollination, fertilization, and seed development.

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