Question : Potato and Tapioca store starch rich food in underground tubers. We consider potato as stem modification and tapioca as root modification . Why?

Question : Potato and Tapioca store starch rich food in underground tu

1.	Question : Potato and Tapioca store starch rich food in underground tubers. We consider potato as stem modification and tapioca as root modification . Why?
Answer» SOLUTION :Potato has a modified stem which grows on underground stems which have the CAPACITY to GROW as a whole plant. But tapioca has a modified food storage roots of fibrous roots and root filled with food. Also potato tubers have buds that sprout leaves and stems from themwhile tapioca roots do not posses theseproperties.