REMOVAL OF SHOOT TIPS.

REMOVAL OF ONE OR ALL SCAFFOLD BRANCHES TO THEIR POINT OF INSERTION, OR TO 40–50 CM ABOVE THAT POINT.

WORMLIKE LARVA.

LIMB GROWING FROM THE TRUNK OF A TREE.

OVAL SWELLING CONTAINING AN UNDEVELOPED SHOOT OR FLOWER OR OFTEN BOTH.

Branch of biology which studies plant life forms.

PROCESS OF EROSION CAUSED DIRECTLY BY THE ACTION OF SPECIFIC ORGANISMS.

ALL GENETICALLY DISSIMILAR LIFE FORMS AND THE ECOSYSTEMS IN WHICH THEY LIVE. IT THEREFORE IMPLIES ALL THE BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN GENES, SPECIES, HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS.