Specialized Structures                                    
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PLB 171
 
Visual Material

Specialized Structures

1.Bulbs
2.Corms
3.Tubers
4.Tuberous Stems
5.Rhizomes
6.Pseudobulbs
7.Tuberous Roots

Instructor: Ellen Sutter, 
Professor, Dept. of Pomology
E-mail: egsutter@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 752-0925

   
Tubers

potato
potato
potato

 

Tubers

Swollen underground stem serving as a storage organ. The eyes represent nodes; terminal bud as at apical end of tuber. Example: potato

 

Method of propagation

Division - Either plant tubers whole or cut them into sections. Each section must contain one or more buds.

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