Thinning
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- In forestry
- Thinning methods
- Ecological thinning
- Virtual thinning in marteloscopes
- In agriculture
- See also
- References
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In agricultural sciences, thinning is the removal of some plants, or parts of plants, to make room for the growth of others. Selective removal of parts of a plant such as branches, buds, or roots is typically known as pruning.
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