Impact Assessment of Trunk Injection and Bark Treatment in Black Cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) Control

This invasive plant management study focuses on the treatment of younger and older seedproducing black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) individuals. We injected trees applied bark to thinner saplings in 2018. Over two vegetation periods, we studied effect 11 herbicides ranked treatments based their introduced foliage loss sprouting. In trunk injection experiment, most effective was a combination glyphosate clopyralid (Medallon Premium-Lontrel 300). Compositions without did not meet expectations. used were combinations MCPA Premium Mecomorn-750 SL), dicamba Premium-Banvel 480 S), Results indicate that all three are effective. Some technologies chemical this presents recommendable considering current protection legislation.