You purchase two identical houseplants and place them side by side on your windowsill. You water both plants equally. One plant, plant a, you leave alone
On the other plant, plant b,
you pinch off the top of the growing stem, effectively removing the apical meristem. Which of
the following would you expect to occur? (Select all answer options that apply.)
A. Both plants will look exactly the same
except that plant b will be shorter.
B. Plant a will be much bushier, with growth
of many lateral branches.
C. Plant b will have larger leaves to make up
for the loss in photosynthetic tissues from
reduced growth.
D. Plant b will be much bushier, with growth
of many lateral branches.
E. The level of auxin in plant b will be higher
than in plant a.
F. The level of cytokines will be higher in
axillary buds of plant b.
G. The level of cytokines will be the same in
both plants, but these cytokines only have an
effect on growth in plant b.
D,F
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