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Leaf fall

Last phase in the vegetation cycle; see under leaf fall.

Last stage (also leaf fall) in the annual vegetative cycle of the vine after maturation = ripening phase (see also BBCH code). In botany, the shedding of leaves, fruits and other parts of the plant such as leaf and flower buds, twigs, spines, thorns or inflorescences is called abscission. In the...

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