Multiple choice

What do you mean by girdling of plant?

  1. Complete removal of a strip of bark

  2. Incomplete removal of a strip of bark

  3. Complete removal of xylem

  4. Complete removal of phloem

  5. Complete removal of cork cambium

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Explanation

Girdling of the plant is complete removal of a strip of bark (consisting of cork cambium, phloem, cambium and sometimes going into the xylem) from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a woody plant.