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The removal of a ring of tissue outside the vascular cambium from the tree trunk kills it because

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water cannot move up
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roots become starved
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shoot becomes starved
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annual rings are not produced
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Solution

The correct option is B roots become starved
The phloem is removed, and so no food is transported to the roots.

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