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The effect of artificial defoliation on the growth of Pinus kesiya and Pinus oocarpa in Zambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Kari Löyttyniemi
Affiliation:
Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 22099, Kitwe, Zambia
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Abstract

The results of this experiment, where insect defoliation was simulated by artificial defoliation, suggest that Pinus kesiya and P. oocarpa trees in Zambia survive after complete defoliation, and that the reduction in growth may remain economically tolerable.

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Research Article
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Copyright © ICIPE 1981

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