PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richard W. Harris
TI  - Pruning Fundamentals
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1975.055
DP  - 1975 Dec 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 221--226
VI  - 1
IP  - 12
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/1/12/221.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/1/12/221.full
SO  - JOA1975 Dec 01; 1
AB  - To more effectively prune trees certain aspects of plant growth are presented as well as the more commonly known responses to pruning. Trees with strong apical dominance have few or no laterals on current growth, but their terminals are not able to control growth of lateral buds and shoots in subsequent years. Such trees develop a roundheaded (decurrent) form. The opposite is true of plants having weak apical dominance. They have strong apical control leading to a central-leader (excurrent) form.