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Article: Researchers from University of Quebec publish findings in forestry.
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- Agriculture Week
- Article date:
- June 18, 2009
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"We determined the cambial sensitivity and quantified the anatomical differences in xylem of Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. seedlings subjected to artificial defoliation to simulate spruce budworm feeding. Defoliation was performed by removing two-thirds of needles of all current-year shoots for up to four consecutive growth cycles to account for inter- and intra-annual xylem formation," scientists writing in the journal Tree Physiology report.
"In Experiment 1, xylem development as studied from May to October 2005 in seedlings defoilated at the end of June. In Experiment 2, anatomical features of the xylem were measured along the tree rings formed in 2005 2005 and ...