A typical open-grown oak ( surely a tree ) doesn't have apical dominance, does it ? ( And I hope somebody knows the answer to Franamax's question . )-- talk ) 17 : 49, 10 July 2008 ( UTC)
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The axillary buds begin developing when they are exposed to less auxin, for example if the plant naturally has weak apical dominance, if apical dominance is broken by removing the terminal bud, or if the terminal bud has grown far enough away for the auxin to have less of an effect.
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The axillary buds begin developing when they are exposed to less auxin, for example if the plant naturally has weak apical dominance, if apical dominance is broken by removing the terminal bud, or if the terminal bud has grown far enough away for the auxin to have less of an effect.
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"' Apical dominance "'is the phenomenon whereby the main, central stem of the plant is dominant over ( i . e ., grows more strongly than ) other side stems; on a branch the main stem of the branch is further dominant over its own side branchlets.
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An important principle of plant organization based upon auxin distribution is apical dominance, which means the auxin produced by the apical bud ( or growing tip ) diffuses ( and is transported ) downwards and inhibits the development of ulterior lateral bud growth, which would otherwise compete with the apical tip for light and nutrients.
