BIOB38H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Phytophthora Infestans, Sweet Potato, Axillary Bud
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Modiied aboveground horizontal stem new plantlets arise at nodes on the stem adveniious roots at nodes. Modiied underground horizontal stem, can be a food storage organ in some plants new plantlets arise at nodes on the stem adveniious roots at nodes. Modiied underground stem enlarged storage ips of rhizome new plantlets arise at nodes eyes on the stem. Each bulb can give rise to a new plant the next growing season in addiion to developing new bulbs in the leaf axils. Each corm can give rise to a new plant the next growing season in addiion to developing new small corms in the axils of the papery leaves. Modiied ibrous roots that have become leshy and enlarged with. Like modiied stems, they can also funcion in vegetaive food storage stem reproducion. Family solanaceae (nightshade family: tomatoes / tomaillos / peppers / eggplants. Domesicated in the highlands of southern peru: s. bukasovii.
