Starch is insoluble in water yet it is accumlated in large quantities in potato because

Options

A. It is synthesized in potato tuber itself
B. It is translocated from the leaves to the potato tuber in the form of sugar
C. Soil micro-organism deposit starch in tuber
D. It is useful consumption

Answer

C

Explanation

The sugars synthesized in leaves are translocation downward, upward and laterally to storage organ mainly through the phloem. They are translocated in the form of sucrose