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If the growing space is occupied by fewer trees (but still enough to eventually grow into a closed canopy), each will receive a greater portion of energy and the individuals will grow in diameter faster, yield a heartier seed crop, and produce more defensive compounds to respond to wounds, drought, and insect attack. [1]: 48
An apple tree sprout is being converted to a branched, fruit-bearing spur by an arborist. Numbers show the sequence of cuts, which occurred during two years. Plants form new tissue in an area called the meristem, located near the tips of roots and shoots, where active cell division takes place.
Although originally a forestry management technique, daisugi has also found its way into Japanese gardens as an aesthetic feature. [14]Examples of daisugi forestry can still be found in areas of northern Kyoto where it was developed, though Kitayama sugi plantations do not contribute significantly to the domestic lumber market as they once did.
Chlorpropham or CIPC is a plant growth regulator and herbicide used as a sprout suppressant for grass weeds, alfalfa, lima and snap beans, blueberries, cane fruit, carrots, cranberries, ladino clover, garlic, seed grass, onions, spinach, sugar beets, tomatoes, safflower, soybeans, gladioli and woody nursery stock.
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The thin bark is susceptible to fire, but new saplings readily sprout after such disturbances. [4] Mature trees survive fire, and can regenerate more rapidly after fire than Douglas-firs. Pacific madrone also produce very large numbers of seeds, which sprout following fire. [5] The tree also sprouts from cut stems. [4]