BIOLOGY
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Chapter 35, Problem 2S
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The adaptive significance of the potato tubers that are harvested from the wet soil having large lenticels.
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Potato tubers are the modified stem that stores food in it. The potato tuber contains nodes and internodes that bear scale leaves with axillary buds present on it. These axillary buds are commonly known as eyes.
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Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 35.2 - Name the three cell types found in ground tissue...Ch. 35.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35.3 - Describe functions of modified roots.Ch. 35.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.4 - Prob. 2LO
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