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DISBUDDING [4 records]

Record 1 2021-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

Disbudding involves cauterizing the blood and nerve supply to the horn bud on a very young animal, before the horns really start to grow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
CONT

L'ébourgeonnage correspond à la destruction du bourgeon cornual pour empêcher le développement de la corne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

The act of removing some buds from flower plants to encourage other buds of the same plant to form larger flowers.

CONT

A subject of interest to horticulturists and commercial growers is chemical disbudding; that is, disbudding achieved through the application of pruning agents, fatty acid derivatives emulsified with surfactants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Suppression d'une partie des boutons floraux à l'aide d'un greffoir ou simplement d'un coup d'ongle.

CONT

Certains amateurs qui apprécient plus la beauté des fleurs que leur quantité procèdent parfois sur des hampes de pluriflores à l'éboutonnage, c'est-à-dire à la suppression de tout ou en partie des boutons secondaires.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
DEF

The act of removing some buds from flower plants to encourage other buds of the same plant to form larger flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
  • Floriculture
DEF

Suppression des yeux (bourgeons) considérés comme inutiles sur les rameaux d'une plante.

Key term(s)
  • ébourgeonnement

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

Removal of lateral buds from a stem to prevent them from developing into branches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Opération qui consiste à éliminer les bourgeons latéraux d'une tige de façon qu'ils ne forment pas de branches.

Spanish

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