Match the items in column A with the items in column B Column A Column B 1. Tuber a. Colocasia 2. Bulb b. Rose 3. Rhizome c. Onion 4. Corm d. Bryophyllum 5. Leaves e. Ginger f. Potato

1🡪 f Tuber is a modification of an underground stem. The eyes or buds present on the tuber develop into new plants. Potato is the best example of a tuber. 2🡪 c Bulb is a modified shoot that has a very short underground stem and apical and axillary buds. These buds grow to form shoots, for example, onion, tulip and garlic. 3 → e The stem is underground, thick, fleshy and has distinct nodes, internodes and axillary buds. New branches develop from these buds which later separate to form new plants, for example, ginger, and turmeric. 4🡪 a Corm is in fact a condensed form of rhizome and consists of a solid fleshy underground stem. It bears one or more buds. Some of these buds produce daughter corms which later grow into new plants, for example, Colocasia. 5🡪 d Vegetative propagation by leaves can be seen in very few plants such as Bryophyllum and Begonia . In these plants buds are produced on the leaf margins. When the leaf falls on the ground, these buds grow into new plants.