Subject: BRYONET: Herbicides & brophytes
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 15:44:02 -0000
From: CRStevenson <crs111@talktalk.net>
I've just come across a reference which is relevant to the discussion of
a week or so back, about bryophytes and herbicides.
Merwin IA. 2003. Orchard-floor management systems (in Ferree DC &
Warrington IJ (eds) Apples - botany, production and uses. CABI. He cites =
(p 310) several studies of orchard floor vegetation and notes that
'Long-term use of certain residual or post emergence herbicides on the
orchard floor has promoted the growth of Bryum argenteum & Marchantia
polymorpha layers. These are resistant to traffic, and do not compete
with the trees.
CR Stevenson, 111, Wootton Road, KING'S LYNN, Norfolk PE30 4DJ Tel =
(01553) 766788
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