Effects of artificial and western spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) defoliation on growth and biomass allocation of Douglas-fir seedlings.

Agriculture & Biology

• biomass 8%
• buds 8%
• Choristoneura occidentalis 100%
• defoliation 65%
• dry matter partitioning 70%
• insects 5%
• Lepidoptera 49%
• phenotype 6%
• Pseudotsuga menziesii 70%
• root shoot ratio 10%
• seedlings 38%
• shoots 6%
• Tortricidae 73%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biomass 11%
• biomass allocation 84%
• bud 12%
• clipping 13%
• defoliation 82%
• effect 14%
• foliage 5%
• insect 9%
• phenotype 10%
• root-shoot ratio 15%
• seedling 63%
• shoot 10%