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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2000

Evaluation of Commercial Deer Repellents on Ornamentals in Nurseries

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DOI: 10.24266/0738-2898-18.1.5
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Abstract

The efficacy of several new commercial deer repellents in a nursery setting was evaluated from October through March. Repellents evaluated were Deer-Away™, Tree Guard™, Holly Ridge, Bobbex™, and Deer-Off™. Damage was evaluated on yew (Taxus x media L. ‘Densiformis’, Taxus x media Rehd. ‘Nigra’, Taxus baccata Rehd., and Taxus baccata L. ‘Repandens’), holly (Ilex x meserveae S.Y Hu ‘Blue Princess’ and Ilex x meserveae S.Y Hu ‘China Girl’) and Juniper (Juniperus chinensis L. ‘Keteleeri’). Plots received between 0% and 96% deer browse damage. Both Deer Away™ and Holly Ridge significantly reduced browsing. Tree Guard™ and Deer Off™ reduced browsing when feeding intensity was low.

Keywords: white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Raf.); deer damage; yew; pests; browse; holly; deer control; hybrid yew (Taxus x media Rehd. ‘Densiformis’ and Taxus x media Rehd. ‘Nigra’); English yew (Taxus baccata L. and Taxus baccata L. ‘Repandens’); Meserve hybrid holly (Ilex x meserveae S. Y Hu ‘Blue Princess’, Ilex x meserveae S. Y Hu ‘China Girl’); Keteleeri juniper (Juniperus chinensis L. ‘Keteleeri’)
Copyright: © 1999 Horticultural Research Institute 1999

Contributor Notes

Contribution No. 3734 of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station. This work was supported, in part, by Hatch Act funds (S-103) and a grant from The Horticulture Research Institute, Inc., 1250 I Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. From a thesis submitted by N.L. in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree.

2Graduate Research Assistant, Associate Professor, and Research Associate, respectively.

Received: 18 Oct 1999
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