The cells in a potato tuber do not have chloroplast. How can you then identify them as plant cells by observing them under a microscope?
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How would you identify its cells as plant cells by observing them under a microscope?
Potatoes, or the portion of the potato plant we eat, are actually roots. As such, they aren't exposed to sunlight, and since chloroplasts require sunlight to convert energy, it makes sense that the potato cell doesn't have any.
Answer:
Potato tubers have amyloplasts.
Explanation:
Potato tubers do not have chloroplast but they starch storing colorless plastids known as amyloplasts. They help tubers in dark or under the ground. If they are exposed to light they start changing their color and change into chloroplasts by losing most of the starch.
The plant cells can be identified by looking at the starch granules or amyloplasts. They are small round hollow structures.
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