Branch
girdling blocks the phloem flow, making it more nutritive for offspring and future colonizers.
Khandaker et al.[49] reported that the V-shape
girdling exhibited the lowest bud abscission number, averaging about 10% followed by C-shape
girdling, 50% stress, 100% stress and I-shape
girdling with percentage of bud drop 16, 30, 30 and 36%, respectively (Figure 9 & 10).
While we examined and measured the pines in late winter/early spring, we observed a great amount of fresh
girdling activity, leading us to hypothesize that pine bark was providing a source of nutrition at a time of year when rodent density was relatively high and the quality of their principal food, monocots, was likely to be poor.
Branch
girdling and oviposition biology of Oncideres pustulatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Acacia farnesiana.
Days after
girdling Treatment 0-5 ([dagger]) 6-10 11-15 flowers per node [d.sup.-1] ([double dagger]) Exp.
These included Spearman's rank correlations for interval-interval or interval-ordinal variable comparisons such as the
girdling index to pellet group counts, and the
girdling index to aspect (an ordinal variable with 8 levels).
The
girdling treatment was not always successful resulting in a variable number of girdled plants per treatment.
Girdling refers to the process of peeling off the bark of a tree trunk to prevent it from sharing nutrients.
* Potbound roots are in danger of "
girdling"--encircling the inside of the pot.
Girdling is a process of removing bark around the tree trunk to block nutrients collected by its leaves from reaching its root system.
The beetle larvae tunnel beneath the bark, their galleries eventually
girdling and killing branches.
The
girdling of the trees had outraged environmental groups, which petitioned an Urdaneta City court for an environmental protection order covering the 770 trees.