CAMPBELL BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS... >CUSTOM<
CAMPBELL BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS... >CUSTOM<
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ISBN: 9781323753149
Author: SIMON
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Chapter 33, Problem 17TYK
Summary Introduction

To explain:

In what way a houseplant becomes bushier if its terminal buds are pinched off.

Concept introduction:

Apical dominance is a phenomenon in which the apical bud suppresses the growth of lateral buds. As a result, the lateral growth of the plant does not occur.

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