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Axillary buds are located at the intersection of the leaf and stem of a plant. The axillary bud (or lateral bud) is an embryonic or organogenic shoot located in the axil of a leaf. Each bud has the potential to form shoots, and may be specialized in producing either vegetative shoots (stems and branches) or reproductive shoots . Once formed, a ...
Through testing with Arabidopsis thaliana (A plant considered a model organism for plant genetic studies) genes including MAX1 and MAX2 have been found to affect growth of lateral shoots. Gene knockouts of these genes cause abnormal proliferation of the plants affected, implying they are used for repressing said growth in wild type plants. [ 1 ]
for location: [citation needed] terminal, when located at the tip of a stem (apical is equivalent but rather reserved for the one at the top of the plant); axillary, when located in the axil of a leaf (lateral is the equivalent but some adventitious buds may be lateral too);
A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or growing seasons. Biennial plants usually form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year and then flower and fruit in the second year. bifid Forked; cut in two for about half its length. Compare trifid. bifoliate
Plant structures, including, roots, buds, and shoots, that develop in unusual locations are called adventitious. Such structures are common in vascular plants. [citation needed] Adventitious roots and buds usually develop near the existing vascular tissues so that they can connect to the xylem and phloem. However, the exact location varies greatly.
When apical buds are trimmed by gardeners, the shape and density of a tree or shrub changes as new, uninhibited branches grow en masse. Topiary garden. Beckley Park garden . In stems, primary growth occurs in the apical bud (the one on the tips of stems) and not in axillary buds (primary buds at locations of side branching).
There have been several strategies to distinguish among types of cauliflory historically, including the location or age of branch where inflorescences grow, [3] whether inflorescences attach to stolons or branches, [4] and whether axillary nodes or adventitious nodes develop into reproductive tissues. [5]
Prickles on a blackberry branch. In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.