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Experiment 2
Potatoes from Pieces: How do potatoes reproduce vegetatively?

Purpose/Hypothesis

In this experiment, you will cut up potatoes and plant different parts of them to determine which parts can be used for vegetative propagation. The potatoes we eat are actually tubersAn underground, starch-storing stem, such as a potato., which are underground, starch-storing stems. The eyes, or buds, on one potato can develop into several identical new plants through vegetative propagation. The starch stored in the potato or tuber provides food for the new plant until it develops its own root system.

Here are the questions to investigate: Do only the eyes of potatoes develop into new plants? What about chunks of potato without eyes? And will eyes grow without any potato attached? To find out, you will plant...

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1. Introduction
2. What is vegetative propagation?
3. How can a plant grow from a leaf or stem?
4. Experiment 1 - Auxins: How do auxins affect plant growth?
5. Experiment 2 - Potatoes from Pieces: How do potatoes reproduce vegetatively?
6. Design Your Own Experiment