Question

sweet potato is a modified

Answer 1

Sweet potato is a modified adventitious root.

• Few plants have their root systems modified and perform special functions.
• Modified roots may be fleshy and swollen
• Modified roots act like a storage part to store the food essential for the plant in form of water and starch.
• In Sweet potato, the root is swollen to store food and is also classified under tuberous root.

Answer 2

Sweet potato is a modified adventitious root.

Some roots are called adventitious roots because they arise from an organ other than the root which is usually a stem, or sometimes a leaf. They are found numerous on underground stems, such as rhizomes, corms, and tubers, and make it possible to vegetatively propagate many plants from stem or leaf cuttings of the plant. This is called Adventitious roots.