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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. girdling

Preferred term

girdling

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Injury resulting from removal or tight encircling of the bark or cambium around the outer circumference of a plant stem or tree trunk, which may cause death by disrupting nutrient transport.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • branch girdling
  • ring barking
  • stem girdling
  • tree girdling
  • trunk girdling

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/146609

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