Black cherry Prunus serotina

Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers. Fr.) Pouzar, a wound-infecting basidiomycete, is proposed to be used as a blocontrol for black cherry, Prunus serotina Ehrh., a weedy tree in the forests of the Netherlands (Table I) (11, 107). A few milligrams of mycelial inoculum per tree, applied to stumps, is sufficient to insure plant kill and prevent resprouting (11). In view of the need to inoculate individual trees to obtain control, this fungus may also be best suited for dispensing through individual users. 

Hu, Z. and Poulton, J.E. (1999) Members of the multigene family encoding black cherry (Prunus serotina) (R)-(+)-mandelonitrile lyase are differentially expressed. Plant Physiol, 119,1535-46. 

Kuroki, G. W. and Poulton, J.E. (1987) Isolation and characterization of multiple forms of prunasin hydrolase from black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) seeds. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 255,19-26. 

Poulton, J.E. and Shin, S.l. (1983) Prunasin biosynthesis by cell-free extracts from black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) fruits and leaves. Z. Naturforsch., 38c, 369-74. 

An outbreak of congenital malformations in swine has been retrospectively associated with the eating of the fruit, leaves, and bark of Prunus serotina (wild black cherry) (8). Prospective experimental evidence of teratogenicity was not available at that time, but amygdalin was later reported to be teratogenic in hamsters (9). 

Selby LA, Menges RW, Houser EC, Flatt RE, Case AA. Outbreak of swine malformations associated with the wild black cherry, Prunus serotina. Arch Environ Health 1971 22(4) 496-501. 

Prunus serotina Ehrh. (Black Cherry) Sapwood 64 63 45 78 202 289 717... 

Wild black cherry bark. See Wild cherry (Prunus serotina) bark Wild chamomile extract. See Matricaria (Chamomilla recutita) extract Wild chamomile oil. See Matricaria (Chamomilla recutita) oil... 

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