Bank Banding with Morphactin to Inhibit Tree Growth    (View PDF)

H. Hield, R.M. Sachs and R.A. Backhaus

Abstract: A California supplemental registration now permits trunk bark banding with Maintain CF 125, a morphactin formulation, for tree growth inhibition. A band of equal width to the treated trunk or branch is sprayed or painted with a 1% concn of Maintain CF 125 in a specific oil carrier mixture. Pine sp. and Acacia longifolia are responsive to this level of treatment. Less responsive trees are being tested at a 2% concn, with increased band width, and with more frequent ap­plications. Calacedrus decurrens, Juglans hindsii, Platanus racemosa and Nerium oleander have not responded to in creased dosage.

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https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1978.013