The Potato plant can propagate by two ways, one is by the
use of tubers. In this, pieces of the tuber are planted separately and they grow into
complete plants. This is an asexual method of reproduction, where there is no change in
the genetic make-up of the parent plants and the new plants that grow from the
tubers.
Potato also produces flowers to reproduce sexually.
The flowers are white, pink, red, blue, or purple depending on the species and have
yellow stamens. Potato flowers are pollinated by insects as well as through self
pollination. After a flower has been pollinated, it produces small fruits which contain
the seeds. These seeds lead to the growth of potato plants which have a genetic make-up
that is different from that of the parents.
This is
essential for the survival of potato because as with any other species, without sexual
reproduction it would become more vulnerable over time, and would finally be
exterminated.
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