Claim · model-written summary
Complete defoliation caused tree death shortly afterward.
- Taxon
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.)
Pinus banksianat0 - Treatment
- Complete defoliatione0
- Outcome
- tree deathe0
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Verbatim
e0“Complete defoliation resulted in tree death shortly thereafter.”
t0“JACK PINE (PINUS BANKSIANA LAMB.)”
Title
SOME EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL DEFOLIATION ON THE GROWTH OF JACK PINE (PINUS BANKSIANA LAMB.)
L. C. O'Neil Canadian Journal of Botany 1962. doi:10.1139/b62-026
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Removing two-year-old foliage had no appreciable effect on tree growth.
- Intervention effect Removing three-year-old foliage had no appreciable effect on tree growth.
- Intervention effect Joint removal of two- and three-year-old foliage reduced height growth.
- Intervention effect Removal of one-year-old foliage reduced height growth.
- Mechanism Current foliage was essential for normal height, diameter and shoot growth.
- Intervention effect Removing current foliage induced high bud mortality.
- Intervention effect Removing current foliage induced profuse adventitious growth.
- Intervention effect Removing current foliage reduced shoot elongation rate.
- Intervention effect Trees retaining only current foliage had marked reductions in height, diameter and shoot growth.
- Association Some experimental growth reductions approximated those following Swaine jack-pine sawfly defoliation.