Question

Which technique, in which a ring of bark is removed from around the stem or a branch of a fruit tree, is sometimes used to induce early flowering and fruiting by temporarily restricting the downward movement of food materials through the phloem?

Q: Answer-Which technique, in which a ring of bark is removed from around the stem or a branch of a fruit tree...

Girdling, also called ringing, involves removing a ring of bark from around the stem or a branch, which temporarily blocks the downward movement of photosynthates through the phloem, encouraging their accumulation above the ring and often inducing earlier flowering and fruit set.