Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections (8th Edition)
Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780321885326
Author: Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan
Publisher: PEARSON
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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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