A. The contrary, properly conducted pruning is not harmful to the tree
B. Careless pruning can, however, cause injury to the bole, leaving wounds extending through the bark into the cambium and even to the wood
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- It has been possible to raise the yield of resin from chir pine from the existing 1.5 kg per tree to 3.5 kg on the average per tree by using the American Bark Hack method in conjunction with ______ sulfuric acid:
A. 30%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 60% - Tree marriages is a symbolic nuptial ceremony or union of a person with a tree and is widespread in _________.
A. India
B. China
C. Malaysia
D. Japan - The earliest species of tree still surviving is the Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) of Zhexiang, ______, which first appeared about 165,000,000 years ago, during the Jurassic era:
A. Korea
B. Japan
C. China
D. Malaysia - The major factors of financial as pects of pruning are:
A. Initial cost
B. Mortality
C. Number of years remaining before harvest
D. Interest rate at which pruning cost is compounded
E. All of the above - Pruning can be highly profitable or extravagantly wasteful, depending on the judgment of the supervisor of the work. The important considerations are:
A. Choice of species
B. Choice of stand and site
C. Growth rate, size and age of tree to be pruned
D. Number and characteristics of tree to be pruned
E. All of the above - The major steps of natural pruning is:
A. Killing of the branches
B. Shedding of the dead branches
C. Occlusion or healing over of the branch stub
D. All of the above - Artificial pruning is:
A. The production of clear material on rotations shorter than that would be required with natural pruning
B. The necessary period of growth after treatment is rather long, so the practice ordinarily must be coupled with thinning to stimulate diameter growth
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these - Dominant tree: Including all trees which form the upper most leaf canopy and have their leading shoots free. These are usually sub-divided into:
A. Predominant trees comprising all the largest trees which determine the general top level of the canopy
B. Codominant trees which fall short of this, averaging about 5/6th of the height of predominant
C. Trees with forked leader and similar defects
D. All of the above - Standard tree classification is:
A. Dominant trees (d)
B. Suppressed trees (s)
C. Dead and moribund trees (m)
D. Diseased trees (k)
E. All of the above - Measurement of Diameter several instruments are used for measuring the diameters of trees depending on such circumstances as the position and condition of the part of the tree that is to be measured, the degree of accuracy required, and the portability, etc., of the instrument:
A. The Rule
B. The caliper
C. The Diameter Tape
D. Dendrometers
E. All of the above
The correct answer to the question: "Effect of the tree in pruning is:" is "Both (a) & (b) ".