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<p><b>Table 1.</b> Heights of dead shoots of <i>S. altissima</i> after 1 year of treatment in April 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><th>Site</th><th>Control</th><th>Mowing 1</th><th>Mowing 2</th><th>Mowing 3</th><th>Eco 200</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>Site 1</th><td>162.8 &plusmn; 6.62a</td><td>85.7 &plusmn; 5.52b</td><td>29.5 &plusmn; 2.74c</td><td>21.3 &plusmn; 2.09c</td><td>77.9 &plusmn; 8.94b</td></tr><tr><th>Site 2</th><td>213.2 &plusmn; 12.08a</td><td>87.1 &plusmn; 7.33c</td><td>38.4 &plusmn; 2.17d</td><td>29.0 &plusmn; 2.01d</td><td>144.8 &plusmn; 9.57b</td></tr><tr><th>Site 3</th><td>163.4 &plusmn; 7.31a</td><td>66.3 &plusmn; 4.55c</td><td>40.7 &plusmn; 2.57d</td><td>33.4 &plusmn; 2.11d</td><td>143.4 &plusmn; 7.13b</td></tr><tr><th>Site 4</th><td>191.6 &plusmn; 3.84a</td><td>160.8 &plusmn; 7.90b</td><td>59.2 &plusmn; 1.66d</td><td>81.9 &plusmn; 6.50c</td><td>166.9 &plusmn; 12.33b</td></tr><tr><th>Site 5</th><td>181.7 &plusmn; 4.76a</td><td>114.7 &plusmn; 2.90b</td><td>89.5 &plusmn; 10.23c</td><td>46.6 &plusmn; 5.12d</td><td>183.8 &plusmn; 9.00a</td></tr><tr><th>Site 6</th><td>174.8 &plusmn; 4.34a</td><td>82.9 &plusmn; 4.49c</td><td>39.7 &plusmn; 2.51d</td><td>31.6 &plusmn; 2.47d</td><td>153.3 &plusmn; 3.12b</td></tr><tr><th>Site 7</th><td>165.5 &plusmn; 4.79a</td><td>91.2 &plusmn; 6.02b</td><td>64.7 &plusmn; 3.24c</td><td>44.0 &plusmn; 3.67d</td><td>153.8 &plusmn; 7.25a</td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Mowing 1: mowed once in July; Mowing 2: mowed twice in May and September; Mowing 3: mowed three times in May, July, and September; Eco 200: 30% of shoots in the quadrats were cut near the ground, and the cut surfaces were covered with the Eco 200 block. Data are presented as means &plusmn; standard errors of 20 replicates. Means within a row followed by different letters are significantly different at p &lt;0.05 (ANOVA with post hoc Tukey&rsquo;s test). Units: cm.</p>