Cutting a Hedge with a Trimmer Stimulates It to Become

question 31

Multiple Choice

Cutting a hedge with a trimmer stimulates it to become bushy because

• A) removing the lateral buds results in apical dominance under the influence of cytokinins.
• B) removing the apical meristems results in less auxin, which results in more lateral branch growth.
• C) removing the apical meristems makes less ethylene, which stimulates lateral branches to grow.
• D) removing the apical meristems makes more auxin, which stimulates lateral branch buds to grow.

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