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Suckers are
shoots or small
plants arising from the
base of a larger
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| Suckers derive from
adventitious
buds that are produced by a
root and emerges from the ground,
similar to runners except that the
horizontal parts of their stems are below the surface of the soil.
Rooted suckers can be dug up and planted elsewhere. Shoots that grow
from the understock on which a
tree or
shrub is budded are also called
suckers. |
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(1) Suckering
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Botany ]
Synonym:
Surculose
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Of a plant producing
suckers, or shoots resembling
suckers. |
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| The growth of a plant that produces new
shoots at the base or below ground traveling out from the plant
base. |
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(2) Suckering
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Horticulture ]
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Type of
vegetative propagation where
lateral buds
grow out to produce an individual that is a
clone of the
parent.
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B) |
Removing suckers from a
plant; this can be done by hand at an earlier stage, by
cutting the suckers or spraying the plant with a chemical that
inhibits the growth of suckers. |
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