Mistletoe Eradicator - A Novel Tool for Simultaneous Mechanical and Chemical Control of MistletoeKhurshid Ahmad Bhat 1, Sabina Akhtar 2, Naseer Ahmad Dar 3, Mohammad Iqbal Bhat 3, Farooq Ahmad Bhat 1, Rashid Rizwan 4, Oleksii Horielov 5, Yuliya Krasylenko 6
1Department of Plant Pathology, FOA Wadura Sopore, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, 2American University in the Emirates Dubai, 3Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Budgam, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, 4Department of Vegetable Science, FoH, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, 5Department of Dendrology, M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 6Department of Biotechnology, Palacký University Olomouc
The protocol describes an easy-to-handle tool called Mistletoe Eradicator which combines mechanical and chemical approaches and is efficient in the control of mistletoe infestation on the host trees. The manuscript uses the European mistletoe (Viscum album subsp. album L.) as an example.
