If you remove all of the terminal buds from a plant, what is the most likely outcome?
A) Branching would occur, but no further primary growth would occur.
B) All of the plant's leaves would die.
C) The plant would not be affected.
D) Branching would occur from the roots.
E) Additional stems would develop.

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The terminal or apical) bud is responsible for primary growth of a stem, so primary growth would cease, but branching may still occur from lateral buds.

If You Remove All of the Terminal Buds from a Plant