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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Plant Production, Gardening > plant health > plant damage > girdling
Preferred Term:

girdling

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
plant damage
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • stem girdling
  • trunk girdling
  • ring barking
  • tree girdling
  • branch girdling
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/146609
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RDF/XMLCreated 2011-08-02, last modified 2017-06-13
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