Infrequent, lax defoliation may allow balanced root and shoot growth through short-term physiological responses alone.

Claim · model-written summary

Infrequent, lax defoliation may allow balanced root and shoot growth through short-term physiological responses alone.

Taxon

plantsViridiplantaee0

Treatment

defoliation is relatively infrequent and laxe0

Outcome

balanced growth of root and shoote0

Qualifier

maye0

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Verbatim

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“Where defoliation is relatively infrequent and lax, plants may maintain balanced growth of root and shoot purely through short­term physiological responses.”