Weed control improves survival of transplanted blue oak
Weed competition is recognized as a factor affecting survival of California blue oak seedlings in artificial plantings. Three alternative weed-control strategies were examined in a series of annual plantings at two locations using 2- to 3-month-old nursery stock. The effec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1997-09-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v051n05p26 |
| Summary: | Weed competition is recognized as a factor affecting survival of California blue oak
seedlings in artificial plantings. Three alternative weed-control strategies were
examined in a series of annual plantings at two locations using 2- to 3-month-old
nursery stock. The effects of herbicides, porous plastic mulch mats and impervious
plastic mats were compared. No one strategy was superior, but all resulted in greater
seedling survival than with no weed control, and generally also resulted in taller
blue oaks. Use of herbicides was the least-expensive weed-control method. Much of
the seedling mortality was attributed to depredation by rodents. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |