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dry pruning [1 record]

Record 1 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Removal of live branches is termed green pruning; of dead, dry pruning.

OBS

pruning: The considered removal, close to or flush with the stem, of side branches, live or dead, and of multiple leaders, from a standing, generally plantation-grown, tree, for the improvement of the tree or its timber ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Élagage : Coupe, à proximité ou au ras du tronc, des branches latérales, vivantes ou mortes, ou d'une partie des fourches d'un arbre de façon à améliorer ce dernier et (ou) le bois qu'il donnera. L'élagage des branches vivantes correspond à l'élagage en vert, et l'élagage des branches mortes, à l'élagage à sec [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Corta de las ramas secas en los árboles en pie.

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