Multiple choice

The Starch cannot move from cell to cell: how does it accumulate in the potato tubers?

  1. Starch is mobilised from leaves to tubers through phloem.

  2. Sugar is synthesised in potato tubers.

  3. It is translocated in the form of sugar.

  4. Some starch from soil might enter the tubers.

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct. It is translocated in the form of sugar,  which on accumulating in tubers are enzymatically converted into starch.

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