Trees like this Norway spruce and other woody plants grow taller because of apical dominance, where buds at tip of each limb release hormones to suppress the growth of those lower down the stem ...

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However, the apical bud or tip bud is dominant because it produces a substance called auxin, which it sends down the stem. This auxin tells the other buds to remain dormant.

So, asparagus was cooked rursum/rursus in boiling water, and for centuries nobody knew what that meant. The riddle was finally cracked by Joseph Dommer Vehling, in his 1936 translation of Apicius ...

Shoot branching is regulated by three classes of plant hormones, auxins, strigolactones (or derivatives) and cytokinins. In the past decade, two models — the auxin transport canalization-based ...

Experiments with pea seedlings have shown that lower buds are stirred into activity in as few as four hours after apical bud removal. Prudent Pruning.

Removing the apical bud allows the lower buds to sprout, creating a bushier, branched form of the plant. Gardeners have these objectives for this seasonal pruning.

Witch’s broom occurs when an organism attacks the apical bud of a tree or shrub, causing a disruption in the production of auxin. The concentration of cytokinin builds up and sends a message to ...