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The "eyes" of the potato tube are...

The "eyes" of the potato tube are

A

flower buds

B

shoot buds

C

axillary buds

D

root buds

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C
Eyes of potato tubers are axillary buds. As tuber is oval or spherical swollen underground modified stem lacking adventitious roots. It possesses a number of spirally arranged depressions called eyes. Each eye represents node and consists of 1-3 axillary buds in the axil of small scally leaves.
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