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What does tuber, bulb and rhizome do in potato, onion and ginger?
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The underground stems are modified to perform the function of storage of food, support, protection, and vegetative propagation to survive under unfavorable conditions. There are some kinds of modified stem, all with distinct habits and growth patterns. These are tubers, rhizomes, corms, bulbs, offsets, and runners, etc. For example, Rhizome (ginger), Tuber (potato), Bulb (onion), Corm (colocasia). Offset (Pistia), Runner (Cynodon).
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