USACE Water Chestnut control trials

Blains Bay, Mohawk River, NYS

Project is part of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research project comparing various herbicides on Trapa natans versus Trapa bispinosa.

Trapa natans

Clearcast @ 50 ppb.

Three sets of photos show pre-treatment plots (left) and plots treated with 50 ppb. Clearcast (imazamox) 4 weeks after treatment. Rosettes have broken apart and leaflets are found at different stages of decomposition.