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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plant health
  3. plant damage
  4. defoliation

Preferred term

defoliation

Type

  • Topic

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • artificial defoliation
  • simulated defoliation

Scope note

  • Use for the loss of leaf area by pests, disease, grazing animals, wind, storms, pollution, drought or other stresses. Includes simulated defoliation; For the physiological foliage loss in response to natural environmental cycles USE leaf abscission; For the intentional defoliation of plants by agrochemicals USE defoliants.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12578

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