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Lab Work 5 Answers
Lab Work 5 Answers
Lab Work 5 Answers
1. What can possibly happen to a plant if its shoot apex is removed? What is apical
dominance?
According to Thimann, K. V., & Skoog, F. (1933, July), in many plants the growing
shoot apex inhibits the outgrowth of axillary buds, a phenomenon termed ‘apical dominance’.
Removal of the shoot apex leads to the release of dormant axillary buds below it to form
branches. Apical dominance allows plants to focus resources into the main axis of growth,
while activation of dormant buds allows for recovery after damage or loss of the main shoot.
Meristems in the roots and shoots of plants are responsible for ‘primary growth of the
plant’. These increase the height of the plant. On the other hand, lateral meristems increase
the width of the plant. This is known as the ‘secondary growth of the plant’.
3. How does the vascular cylinder in an old dicot stem develop form the eustele present
during primary growth?