| They are a voracious pest, and, as I can testify from a couple of years ago, can defoliate an entire bush overnight if left to their own devices. |
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| I have to admit that it has come to my garden in numbers that will defoliate plants. |
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| The chemical was sprayed in large quantities from aircraft in a bid to defoliate the landscape and deny cover to enemy forces. |
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| Brad believed that his symptoms were the result of exposure to Agent Orange, an herbicide used to defoliate the Vietnam jungles. |
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| One thousand caterpillars eating leaves might completely defoliate a tree in two weeks, whereas that same number of aphids would hardly be noted. |
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| The third step in forcing dormancy is to wait three or four days after spraying and completely defoliate the plant by pulling off the leaves. |
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| They thrive in hot, dry weather and can defoliate a rose plant very quickly. |
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| In this context they defoliate sticks of appropriate size to extract insects or honey from tree holes and to pry seeds from hard-shelled fruit. |
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| Geographic Information System data in shapefile, dxf, etc regarding defoliate spraying which has taken place around CFB Gagetown. |
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| This lady's innocence if fully unleashed could defoliate every forest in the torrid zone. |
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| Damage: Caterpillars are active feeders which can defoliate severely the plants. |
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| Phylloxera form galls on and can defoliate trees, especially hickory and pecan. |
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| They want compensation for the use of Agent Orange and other chemicals by the Americans to defoliate the jungle in which Vietnamese forces operated. |
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| Cereal leaf beetle larvae may defoliate small grain foliage in the spring. |
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| High populations can completely defoliate plants throughout large portions of a field. |
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| Frosts at any time in the growing season can partially or totally defoliate vines, but they typically remove the outermost leaf layers of a thick canopy. |
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| Rose slugs occasionally defoliate the plant, but the plant immediately refoliates and continues in bloom. |
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| If koalas become too numerous in a restricted area, they defoliate preferred food trees and, unable to subsist on even closely related species, decline rapidly. |
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| Keith Martin: Are you aware of any other options to defoliate the area? |
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| The use of Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide used by the American military to defoliate forests during the Vietnam war, makes it impossible to live a healthy life there. |
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| In severe disease situations, frog-eye leaf spot has been known to completely defoliate a tree by mid-summer, though this is rare in eastern Canada. |
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| Without repeated spraying to control them, they will totally defoliate the lilies and destroy the plants. |
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| At the same time, it's worth using one of the modern safe insecticides to control the sawfly which will often defoliate your gooseberries. |
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| This species may even defoliate during the Los Angeles winter. |
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| Agent Orange was the infamous herbicide sprayed extensively in Vietnam to defoliate leafy jungles and to eliminate hiding places for enemy troops. |
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| Severe infestations can defoliate and eventually kill afflicted trees. |
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| Used in Vietnam to defoliate trees and remove concealment for the enemy, Agent Orange left a legacy of suffering and disability that continues to the present. |
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