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manipulating apical dominace to increase crop productivity

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It’s the phenomenon in plants where a main shoot dominates and inhibits the outgrowth of other shoots. In plants with strong apical dominance, main shoot tip damage or shoot tip loss, caused by pruning or herbivory, leads to the outgrowth of compact embryonic shoots (axillary buds) into branches. This decapitation process can cause a relatively unbranched plant to become bushy, drastically changing its morphology

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