Southern Research Station

Title: Oleoresin Capsicum has Potential as a Rodent Repellent in Direct Sedding Longleaf Pine

Author: Barnett, James P.

Date: 1998

Source: Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Southern Silvilcultural Reaserch Conference

Description: Direct seeding of southern pines has been a versatile and inexpensive alternative to planting on many reforestation sites across the South. Successful direct seeding has required that seeds be coated with thiram to repel birds, and with endrin to repel rodents. Endrin, which is extremely toxic, is no longer produced in the United States. Therefore, a substitute is needed. Oleoresin capsicum, a natural substance derived from pepper plants, has potential as a repellent. It occurs in an extremely concentrated form, and its repellency is caused by the heat of the capsicum. Preliminary tests have shown that at low rates oleoresin capsicum had little effect on the germination of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seeds, and significantly reduced losses from predation.

Keywords: 

View and Print this Publication (47 KB)

Pristine Version:  An uncaptured or "pristine" version of this publication is available. It has not been subjected to OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and therefore does not have any errors in the text. However it is a larger file size and some people may experience long download times. The "pristine" version of this publication is available here:

View and Print the PRISTINE copy of this Publication (406 KB)

Publication Notes: 

• We recommend that you also print this page and attach it to the printout of the article, to retain the full citation information.
• This article was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and is therefore in the public domain.

 Get the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat reader or Acrobat Reader for Windows with Search and Accessibility

Citation

Barnett, James P.  1998.  Oleoresin Capsicum has Potential as a Rodent Repellent in Direct Sedding Longleaf Pine.   Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Southern Silvilcultural Reaserch Conference