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Mowing of a grass lawn facilitate better...

Mowing of a grass lawn facilitate better maintenance primarily owing to

A

wounding stimulates regeneration

B

removal of apical dominance and stimulation of intercalary meristem

C

removal of apical dominance

D

removal of apical dominance and promotion of laieral meristem

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D
Apical dominance of terminal bud is due to the secretion of auxm (IA.A) by it. Accordmg to Thimann and Skoog (1933) removal of apical bud causes sprouting of lateral buds with stimulation of intercalarJ meristem and this is the reason that moveing grass lawn facilitates better maintenance
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