1, no, potatoes are propagated by the buds of tubers, which are vegetative propagation rather than budding propagation. Vegetative reproduction is a part of the vegetative organs of higher plants-roots, stems and leaves, which develop into a new individual after falling off from the mother.

2. asexual reproduction. Potato tubers can germinate, take root and grow into new plants. This kind of reproduction belongs to asexual reproduction, and there is no combination of bisexual germ cells.

3. Bud reproduction refers to the generation of offspring through cell division, which grows a bud body similar to the mother at a certain position, that is, the bud base does not leave the mother immediately, but is connected with the mother and continues to receive the nutrition from the mother until the individual can live independently. It is a special way of asexual propagation. Potato tubers can germinate and take root, and the propagation way of growing into new plants does not belong to bud propagation.