Cutting, burning, and mulching to control Kalmia : results of a greenhouse experiment
A greenhouse experiment was conducted to study the effect of cutting, cutting plus burning, and mulching treatments on Kalmia regrowth. Kalmia plants were transplanted into plastic buckets, and the treatments were applied in the greenhouse. After 8 months, the plants receiving cutting and cutting pl...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Forest Research |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1991
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x91-054 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x91-054 |
| Summary: | A greenhouse experiment was conducted to study the effect of cutting, cutting plus burning, and mulching treatments on Kalmia regrowth. Kalmia plants were transplanted into plastic buckets, and the treatments were applied in the greenhouse. After 8 months, the plants receiving cutting and cutting plus burning treatments showed no significant difference in the number and length of new sprouts compared with the control. However, the sprouts that developed after the cutting and cutting plus burning treatments were robust, with significantly higher dry weights compared with the control. Although there was no significant difference in the number of rhizomes between these treatments, rhizome lengths and dry weights were significantly smaller than those of the control. Mulching treatments dramatically reduced Kalmia regrowth in terms of both aboveground and belowground components. A field trial is recommended for Kalmia control in central Newfoundland using mulching equipment. |
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