Comparison of chemical and manual methods of precommerical thinning oak stump-sprouts

Precommercial thinning of 12-year-old upland oak stump-sprouts in southwestern Virginia using herbicides and manual felling was compared. Objectives were to quantify and compare residual crop-stem growth and treatment costs between treatments and application methods. 2,4-D and triclopyr were applied...

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Main Author: Stein, Henry David
Other Authors: Forestry
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
Oak
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45354
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10312009-020211/