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Q. When we peel the skin of a potato tuber, we remove

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Solution:

Periderm is a tissue of secondary origin that replaces damaged epidermis. It can be found in underground plant organs. In potato, a model for periderm studies, periderm replaces the epidermis early in tuber development and suberized phellems constitute tuber's skin. Thus when we peel off a potato tuber we will remove periderm.