Potato is a stem and sweet potato is a root. Justify it
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YES,potato is a stem and sweet potato is a root.
Potato is a modified stem with sunken spots,which have the capacity to give rise to a whole plant.
Sweet potato is a modified food storage root, of fibrous roots.
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Yes potato is a stem which grows on underground stems which are called stolons. Potato tubers have buds that sprout leaves and stems from them while roots do not posses these properties. While sweet potato is root filled with food.
Potato is a modified stem with sunken spots,which have the capacity to give rise to a whole plant.
Sweet potato is a modified food storage root, of fibrous roots.
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Yes potato is a stem which grows on underground stems which are called stolons. Potato tubers have buds that sprout leaves and stems from them while roots do not posses these properties. While sweet potato is root filled with food.
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Potato and sweet potato are underground. Both are fleshy due to storage of food material but the presence of nodes and internodes, scale leaves and axillary buds shows that potato is a stem. On the other hand, sweet potato does not show these characters, hence it is a root.
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