Shoot pruning - it is now known that ethylene induces the shedding of leaves much more than abscisic acid.

Because trees lose moisture through their leaves, the shedding of leaves allows trees such as teak and mountain ebony to conserve water during dry periods.

Hormones also determine the formation of flowers, stems, leaves, the shedding of leaves, and the development and ripening of fruit.

The natural occurrence of frost, dew, sunlight, shadow, dying and dead plants and the autumn shedding of leaves are among elements that he considers in creating a landscape.

These necrotic lesions then enlarge in stretched, perennial cankers on the branches, wilting, premature shedding of leaves and particularly in the death of the top of the crown.

She is best known for her work on the gas ethylene, in particular for demonstrating that ethylene is a natural plant hormone, and that it is the major regulator of ageing and the shedding of leaves and fruits.

Ethylene exists as a gas and it acts at trace levels throughout the life of a plant by stimulating or regulating various processes such as the ripening of climacteric fruit, the opening of flowers, and the shedding of leaves.