What is the correct statement regarding budding in potatoes?

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Buds arise from root of a potato plant

Buds arise from fruit

Potato contains small eyes that give rise to leaves in them

Buds arise from leaf margin

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Budding is a type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site. In potato plants, small bumps or protrusions, known as "eyes," are present on the surface of the potato tuber. These eyes contain the dormant buds of the potato plant.

If the potato is placed in soil and provided with favourable conditions for growth, the buds in the eyes will begin to sprout, producing new stems and leaves that develop into a new potato plant. Therefore, the correct statement regarding budding in potatoes is that the buds arise from the eyes or small bumps on the surface of the potato.

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