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UK
/dɪfˈəʊlɪˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- the loss of foliage
- causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
How To Use defoliation In A Sentence
- Defoliation by lepidoptera can induce cyanogenesis in some plants resulting in cyanide levels high enough to kill cattle.
- Differences between the cultivars in leaf number, leaf area and petiole length were insignificant and this was reflected in the similar herbage yields measured at the time of defoliation.
- However, the genetics of a naturally early leaf defoliation trait in wild cotton was not studied.
- An undetermined species of bagworm sometimes causes severe defoliation in Sabah, but trees quickly recover. Chapter 6
- As this virus and the parasitoid wasp '' Cotesia jucunda '' are both important controllers of the survival of moth caterpillars, increased UV-B radiation levels could possibly lead to increased moth populations and birch forest defoliation. Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation
- · the concentration and type of phenolic compound both vary with season and in response to stimuli such as defoliation; Chapter 2
- Since deciduous plants regrow new leaves each year, the defoliation caused by bagworm feeding is usually not serious.
- After defoliation, one-year seedlings could live through the winter in greenhouse or burring outdoor with snow.
- The solid arrow indicates the day leaves expanded, the unshaded arrow indicates flowering, the hatched arrow indicates fruiting, the dotted arrow indicates the end of fruiting, and the thin arrow indicates defoliation.
- Viticulture: Traditional; defoliation and green harvest to have optimal yield control.
