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Removal of shoot tips, make the hedge in tea plantations. Give reasons.

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In most higher plants, the growing apical bud inhibits the growth of the lateral (auxillary) buds, a phenomenon called apical dominance. Removal of shoot tips (decapitation) usually results in the growth of iateral buds, thus it is widely applied in tea plantations for hedge making.
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