Epicormic buds in trees: A review of bud establishment, development and dormancy release

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 565-584

  Meier, Andrew R ^a   Saunders, Michael R ^a   Michler, Charles H ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

bud development; epicormic branches; epicormic potential; silviculture; water sprouts; woody plants

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE;

BUD; DORMANCY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DORMANCY; SHOOT; SILVICULTURE; TREE;

BARK; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; TREE;

MERISTEM; PLANT BARK; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT SHOOTS; TREES;

EID: 84861588813     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps040     Document Type: Review

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