... Colin F., Leborgne G., Artificial defoliation, decapitation of the terminal bud, and removal of the apical tip of the shoot in ses-sile oak seedlings and consequences on subsequent growth, Can. ... black filled and parent shoots are grey filled): t.1: clipping of the apex, t.2: clipping of distal buds and leaves,t.3: clipping of distal leaves, t.4: clipping of distal offspring shoot. A ... from axillary buds of the parent shoots were at the peak of their length growth. At that time, one of the following treat-ments was applied to the most distal offspring shoot of each labelledparent...