NEET Biology question
Not in NEET syllabus
Each question contains ASSERTION (Assertion) and REASON (Reason). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), out of which ONLY ONE is correct: (a) Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion. (b) Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion. (c) Assertion is True, Reason is False. (d) Assertion is False, Reason is True.
Statement 1 (Assertion): Potato can be vegetatively propagated by the stem. Statement 2 (Reason): Potato has an underground, swollen stem (tuber) with nodes, called eyes, that bear buds for the growth of daughter plants.
Solution
The potato tuber is a modified underground stem, not a root, so propagating potato from a tuber piece is indeed propagation by the stem, and this works precisely
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