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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
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.

Keywords

Pinus kesiyaP. oocarpaartificial defoliationpine plantationsinsect defoliation
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 153 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1981

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