Question

The plant stores food in the stem in
A)Bryophyllum
B)Banana
C)Brinjal
D)Cucurbita

Answer 1

Hint: Plants can prepare their own food by the process that is termed as photosynthesis. The product of photosynthesis that is glucose forms a polymer called starch which can be stored in stems, roots, leaves, fruits, and seeds of a plant.

Complete answer:
Solar energy is “fixed” by the green plants by the process that is termed as photosynthetic. Upon getting the sufficient photon, photosynthesis starts. By this carbon dioxide and water show reactions to form glucose and oxygen. This is how plants and some other photosynthetic organisms synthesise their own food. Plants store their food in the form of starch in different parts of them. This starch can remain present in the leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, and seeds of a plant.

Now let us find solution from given options:
Bryophyllum : bryophyllum is a genus of plant that is located in tropical and subtropical regions. The leaves of this are popularised to store food.
Banana : it is a kind of parthenocarpic food that is formed without the process of fertilisation and its stem is used to store food.
Brinjal : it belongs to family Solanaceae and it stores the food in the fruit.
Cucurbita : it belongs to a family of cucumbers. They store their food in their vegetative parts.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)

Note: The underground modification of stem is termed as the rhizome. It is a kind of fleshy and horizontal stem found below the surface of the soil. In these, some small nodes and internodes are known. The nodes/internodes are covered by scaly leaves.