RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Woody Vegetation Control on Utility Rights-of-Way in Eastern Kansas: I. Management Techniques
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 282
OP 286
DO 10.48044/jauf.1994.050
VO 20
IS 5
A1 W.A. Geyer
A1 G.G. Naughton
A1 C.E. Long
A1 D.N. Bruckerhoff
A1 J.J. Rowland
YR 1994
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/20/5/282.abstract
AB Various management methods for controlling woody vegetation on rights-of-way of electric utility, high voltage, transmission lines were investigated. Three-year results showed that the Tordon and Tordon + Garlon treatments provided about 50% mortality in the approximately 7-year-old sapling stands. Height of surviving stump sprouts was not affected. Krenite S was less effective when applied in the fall at the time of the first frost than when applied earlier. Arsenal was not effective, but the application rate was 1/2 that suggested. Problem species appear to be ash, oak, pecan, persimmon, and plum. A vegetation management system that includes herbicide treatments along with cutting should nearly eliminate the woody plants within a few cutting cycles.