Effects of artificial and insect defoliation by the green cloverworm Plathypena scabra on water loss from excised soybean leaves.

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Title:	Effects of artificial and insect defoliation by the green cloverworm Plathypena scabra on water loss from excised soybean leaves.
Authors:	Hammond, R.B., Pedigo, L.P.
Source:	J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 1981, 54(2):331-336
Abstract:	Water loss of soybean leaf area remaining was measured on artificially and insect-defoliated leaves to define possible differences in water loss between defoliation methods. Water losses of punched defoliated leaves (inflicted with a paper punch) were significantly greater than those of picked defoliated leaves (inflicted by excising leaflets) at comparable percentages of defoliation. Similarities in water loss and trends of water loss through time between punch-defoliated and insect-defoliated leaves suggested that punching leaves more accurately simulated damage from insectes than did picking leaves

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