Term Information

Accession
PO:0025042
Name
subterranean tuber axillary vegetative bud
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
yema vegetativa axilar de tubérculo subterráneo (Spanish, exact), 地下塊茎腋栄養芽 (Japanese, exact), potato eye (narrow), swollen eye (narrow), eye (broad), tuber eye (broad)
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A tuber axillary vegetative bud that is part of a subterranean tuber. Source: POC:curators
Comment
A structure on the tuber surface that can sprout. In potatoes, axillary vegetative buds (eyes) can determine processing quality. Scale that the breeders use to rate the buds/sprouts of tubers: 1. none, 2. swollen eye, 3. sprout ca. 1/4 inch, 4. sprout ca. 1/2 inch, 5. sprout ca. 1 inch, 6. sprout ca. 2 inch, 7. sprout ca. 3 inch, 8. new top growth, 9. chain tubers.
Subset
Potato
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Parents of subterranean tuber axillary vegetative bud (PO:0025042)
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subterranean tuber axillary vegetative bud [is_a relation] is_a  shoot axis tuber axillary vegetative bud (PO:0025040)
subterranean tuber axillary vegetative bud [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  subterranean shoot axis tuber (PO:0004547)

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