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Elimination of Rodent Cover Adjacent to Apple Trees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

LeRoy Holm ,
Franklin A. Gilbert  and
Ernest Haltvick
LeRoy Holm
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wisconsin
Franklin A. Gilbert
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wisconsin
Ernest Haltvick
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wisconsin
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The girdling of apple trees by field mice (Microtus spp.) is a common problem in most areas where this fruit is grown. Since these species of mice will seldom cross a bare area to feed, it is desirable to remove all vegetation at the base of the trees to help reduce the possibility of girdling. Many growers maintain such a bare area by slow and costly hand methods. Such methods are frequently employed in late fall, increasing the possibility that the newly exposed trunk area may incur winter injury.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1959 , pp. 405 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 Weed Science Society of America 

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