occurs in has_participant has participant thinning A planned process in which selected parts of the plant are removed. The practice entails targeted removal of diseased, damaged, dead, non-productive, structurally unsound, or otherwise unwanted tissue from plants. This is done in order to shape the plant or tree, improve plant or tree health, reduce the risk from falling branches, prepare nursery specimens for transplanting, and increase the yield or quality of harvested products. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6284-4821 pruning thinning process agricultural experimental plot pruning process whole plant