A strong central leader maintains what is called apical dominance. The apical bud is at the tip of the main stem. It ...

IT has been shown with isolated stem sections bearing a single bud that the development of this ... appears identical with that of normal apical dominance. Nevertheless, the question remains ...

The orange box shows a top view of the shoot tip at higher magnification, with the shoot meristem in the center (indicated by the yellow line), surrounded by flower buds of increasing age.