
%0 Journal Article
%A Amor, RL 
%A Harris, RV 
%T Effects of mowing and spraying of 2,4,5-T on blackberry (<I>Rubus fruticosus</I> agg.) and pasture species
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1981/12/01
%V 21
%N 113
%P 614-617
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9810614
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9810614 
%X In a field trial in southern Victoria, boom spraying with 2,4,5-T gave a higher level of control of blackberry than mowing, and mowing in addition to spraying did not improve (P = 0.05) the level of control. In a second trial, spraying was superior to mowing although the difference was smaller than in the first trial, and less marked, and the combination of mowing and spraying resulted in a greater reduction in the percentage ground cover of blackberry. Sprayed thickets were colonized by grasses and weedy species but not by Trifolium repens, which is a basic component of pastures in areas where blackberry is often a weed. It is concluded that repeated mowing, or boom spraying with 2,4,5-T, and topdressing with fertilizer are only moderately successful in attempting to replace blackberry with a productive pasture. This is attributed to the difficulty in killing the extensive root system of blackberry and the effect of 2,4,5-T on T. repens. 
