Effects of Differential Pine Vole Populations on Growth and Yield of ‘McIntosh’ Apple Trees
| Autor: | C. G. Forshey, P. N. Miller, M. E. Richmond |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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| Zdroj: | HortScience. 19:820-822 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9834 0018-5345 |
| Popis: | Known populations (0, 269, 538, and 1075/ha) of pine voles (Microtus pinetorum LeConte) were maintained in wire mesh-enclosed blocks of ‘McIntosh’/M26 apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh.) for 2 years. There was little effect of the voles the 1st year, but the 2nd year the highest population was associated with the death of one tree; severe reductions in growth, yield, and fruit size; and a dramatic reduction in the value of the crop. Neither the low nor the medium population affected yield significantly, but there was a reduction in vegetative growth in the medium population plot in the 2nd year. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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