American University in the Emirates Dubai 1 article published in JoVE Environment Mistletoe Eradicator - A Novel Tool for Simultaneous Mechanical and Chemical Control of Mistletoe Khurshid Ahmad Bhat1, Sabina Akhtar2, Naseer Ahmad Dar3, Mohammad Iqbal Bhat3, Farooq Ahmad Bhat1, Rashid Rizwan4, Oleksii Horielov5, Yuliya Krasylenko6 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.
