RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Effects of Dormant Pruning Treatments On Leaf, Shoot and Root Production From Bare-Root Malus sargentii JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry FD International Society of Arboriculture SP 298 OP 302 DO 10.48044/jauf.1984.064 VO 10 IS 11 A1 Evans, Philip S. A1 Klett, James E. YR 1984 UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/10/11/298.abstract AB The effects of dormant branch thinning and heading on leaf, shoot and root production were investigated for two-year-old, branched, bare-root trees of Malus sargentii (Sargent crabapple). Each pruning treatment removed 50% of branch length and number of buds. Thinning reduced leaf weight in the subsequent growing season, but heading did not. Compensatory increases in shoot growth from the retained branches were observed for both treatments. Treatments did not affect root weights or leaf: new root ratios. The usefulness of the shoot:root ratio as a measure of the balance between transpiration and root water absorption is discussed.