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root pruning [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Silviculture
DEF

The act of reducing one or more roots considered to be superfluous, usually at some stage before outplanting, in order to improve the shape and size of a root system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Action d'éliminer une ou plusieurs racines considérées comme superflues, habituellement au cours d'une étape précédant la plantation, dans le but d'améliorer la forme et la taille du système racinaire.

Spanish

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