Multiple choice

Which of the following is a stem modification for food storage?

  1. Corm

  2. Sucker

  3. Stolon

  4. Offset
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Explanation

It grows vertically to the surface of the soil i.e., downwards. They are swollen up structures, axillary buds are present but they are not arranged properly i.e., internodes are present but not identified. Scale leaves are there around axillary bud. Contractile roots are present and they fix into the ground so that the stem will grow downwards. Axillary buds develop into a new corm e.g.,colocassia. Here stem is modified for food storage.

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