A reduction in the normal amount of foliage due to insect or fungal attack or other injury : may be partial or complete ( BCFT).
Premature loss of leaves or needles due to airborne pollution or other factors interfering with vital processes in trees. Used to refer to trees that have lost over 20% of their leaves or needles
the shedding of leaves, either as a seasonal normality or as a consequence of disease.
The removal of plant leaves, by grazing or browsing, chemical action, or natural phenomena such as hail, fire, or frost.
causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
A harvesting method in which a plant is induced to drop its foliage, or, in the production of cotton, the method used to separate leaves from cotton fiber.
Français] The destruction of plant leaves by pests.
The removal of a plant's leaves. Intentionally caused by the use of chemicals or mechanical force. May also result from disease or poor nutrition.
Leaf pruning, whereby some or all of the leaves are removed to encourage new shoots and smaller leaves which can greatly increase ramification.
The act of defoliating, or removing leaves from trees or plants for agricultural or military purposes.
The loss of leaves or foliage on a plant or tree.
the loss of leaves from plants.
Casting off or falling off of leaves.
The loss of a plant's leaves due to an unnatural cause such as wind, drought, early frost, chemicals, insects, or disease.
The process of partly or completely removing the leaves of a tree during its summer dormant period to induce a crop of finer, smaller leaves which can greatly increase ramification.
Loss of leaves from plants or trees is commonly referred as defoliation
Removal of the plant's or crop's leaves by a defoliant, crop development, weather, mechanical means, or certain insects and diseases.
Premature removal of foliage.
when trees drop their leaves.