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- Table 1.
Influence of percent defoliation on trunk circumference, electrical resistance, leaf weight, leaf area, and leaf specific weight during the 1984 and 1985 growing seasons.
% Defol. Circumference Increase (cm) Electrical resist. (kΩ) 1985 ‘84-85 ‘84-86 ‘84 ‘85 Weight per leaf (mg) Area per leaf (cm2) Specific weight of leaf (mg/cm2) 0 2.8 6.9 9.3 15.7 221 44.0 5.0 25 2.6 7.3 9.4 16.2 242 38.7 6.4 50 2.5 5.4 9.5 18.4 213 39.5 5.5 75 2.0 4.8 10.2 20.0 174 35.5 4.9 100 1.4 4.3 12.2 19.7 163 31.2 5.2 LSD0.05 0.5 1.1 1.4 3.9 5.3 5.3 1.6 - Table 2.
Influence of percent defoliation in 1984 and 1985 on mean shoot growth in the first and second whorl of flowering dogwood.
Treatment defoliation Growth increase (cm) 1984 1985 1984 2nd whorl 1985 1st whorl 1985 2nd whorl 0 0 39.0 39.3 35.2 25 0 33.0 39.7 35.0 25 25 n/a 26.2 23.7 50 0 28.5 23.5 27.5 50 50 n/a 26.2 23.7 75 0 25.0 22.5 18.0 75 75 n/a 22.0 20.2 100 0 23.7 11.7 9.8 100 100 n/a 14.7 8.3 LSD0.05 10.5 12.1 9.5