Management of Vegetation by Alternative Practices in Fields and Roadsides

Table 3

Visual indexing for scoring efficacy of treatments.

Index score	Description of score
0	No control of vegetation
1	Less than 10% of vegetation controlled
2	Between 11 and 20% of vegetation controlled
3	Between 21 and 30% of vegetation controlled
4	Between 31 and 40% of vegetation controlled
5	Between 41 and 50% of vegetation controlled
6	Between 51 and 60% of vegetation controlled
7	Between 61 and 70% of vegetation controlled
8	Between 71 and 80% of vegetation controlled
9	Between 81 and 90% of vegetation controlled
9.5	A rating used when more than 90% of the vegetation was controlled with only one or two live plants remaining in a plot.
10	This rating was applied when all of the vegetation was killed or if no regrowth occurred at the time of rating.