IN Dryopteris aristata an attempt has been made to observe the effect of isolating the apical meristem from the adjacent lateral tissues, while maintaining continuity with the pith parenchyma below.

William Gordon Whaley, A Developmental Analysis of Heterosis in Lycopersicon. II. The Role of the Apical Meristem in Heterosis, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 26, No. 9 (Nov., 1939), pp. 682-690 ...

To examine the role of gibberellin hormones (GAs) in tolerance to apical meristem damage (AMD), we characterized the reaction norms of several GA-deficient and insensitive mutants of Arabidopsis ...

International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 165, No. 1 (January 2004), pp. 97-105 (9 pages) Root apical meristem (RAM) organization was characterized in a wide range of dicotyledonous angiosperms ...