Question

The ‘eye’ of the potato plant is what ______.

Options

• the root is to any plant.

• the bud is to a flower.

• the bud is to Bryophyllum leaf.

• the anther is to stamen.

Answer 1

The ‘eye’ of the potato plant is what the bud is to Bryophyllum leaf.

Explanation:

Eye of the potato is the vegetative bud that arises from nodes of the stem tuber and when this bud or eye is placed in soil, it produces new plantlets. Likewise, the Bryophyllum leaf also has vegetative buds on leaf margins which when placed in the soil produce new plantlets.