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Promotion of Wound Closure in Shade Trees with Exogenously-Applied Growth Regulators

Peter W. Gallagher and T. Davis Sydnor
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) September 1983, 9 (9) 229-232; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1983.056
Peter W. Gallagher
Department of Horticulture, OARDC, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691
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T. Davis Sydnor
Department of Horticulture, OARDC, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691
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    Application of growth regulator solution to Bowhall red maple tree wounds by hypodermic syringe. Syringe was inserted through the tape to deliver the test material into the wound.

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    Table 1.

    Closure rate for two weeks after wounding for wounds in the Bowhall red maple trees that received 2,4-D as a wound treatment (1980).

    Concentration (mg/L)0101001,000
    Mean closure rate (mm/wk)1.91.92.252.8
    • LSD P = .05, 0.65

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    Table 2.

    Number of weeks to complete closure of a 10 mm wound in Bowhall red maple each of which received 4 concentrations of one of 3 growth regulators (1980).

    Mean Weeks to Closure
    Concentration (mg/L)2,3-DB.A.Ethrei
    010.712.07.9
    1010.09.212.5
    1009.411.612.1
    1,00012.018.819.8
    LSD P = .05N.S.8.98.7
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    Table 3.

    Effect of 2,4-D on closure of 10mm wounds on Bowhall red maple (1980).

    Mean Number of Weeks to Close Wounds
    Application Method
    Concentration (mg/L)InjectionSingle SprayRepeated Spray
    017.7
    O(untaped)32.623.116.2
    10029.125.433.7
    1,00020.025.730.4
    10,00092.747.977.9
    Carrier*82.533.620.8
    LDS P = .0529.924.025.7
    • ↵* Carrier = 47% Ethanol (v:v)

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    Table 4.

    Amounts of wound closure for 5 mm wounds in a Populus hybrid 5 days after auxin treatment (1980).

    Mean Closure (mm) After 5 Days
    Concentration mg/L
    Auxin0101001000LSD .05
    IAA0.20.40.81.41.25
    IBA0.20.80.81.20.76
    NAA0.20.40.61.40.97
    2,4-D0.20.81.62.21.04
    Picloram0.41.41.61.40.73
    Dicamba0.40.61.02.21.12
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    Table 5.

    Number of days for closure of 5 mm wounds in a Populus hybrid after auxin treatments (1980).

    Mean Days to Closure (actual or estimated)
    Concentration mg/L
    Auxin0101001000LSD .05
    IAA612774741N.S.
    IBA70172122N.S.
    NAA275285168N.S.
    2,4-D3511336344
    Picloram7818767767564
    Dicamba54473423N.S.
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