RE: Kudzu invasion!

Man this paper of yours sure is packed full of wonderful news :(

Since this plant is so well known for taking over the world and associated
other problem...

Can some one tell me why when it hit the Indiana border someone didn't spray
it with round up ?!? Seems to me it would have been easier to control it
when it first landed there, then now....

Donna

> 
> AP story in today's paper:
> 
> "INDIANAPOLIS - Kudzu, that notoriously fast-growing vine that covers vast
> tracts of the South, has spread its green, choking blanket to at least 28
> Indiana counties, posing a threat to woodlands and the state's soybean
> industry.
> "Purdue University recently began studying some of the more than 70
> patches
> of kudzu in the southern half of the state after stands of the invasive
> vine
> in Florida were found to harbor a deadly fungus that preys on soybeans.
> "Soybean rust has not yet been found in Indiana, but plant pathologists
> believe it is only a matter of time before the fungus shows up in the
> state.
> The fungus began devastating soybeans in South America three years ago and
> reached US fields last fall, spreading as close to Indiana as Tennessee
> and
> Missouri.  Kudzu's early leafing vines would provide an early target for
> the
> fungus' wind-borne spores to infect before spreading to soybeans later in
> the season, said Glenn Nice, a weed scientist with Purdue's extension
> service.
> "Earlier this month, Nice and his colleagues visited three kudzu-infested
> sites in southern Indiana as the vines were starting to bud.  Some had
> diameters of 2 inches and were intertwined with smaller vines to form a
> dense thicket.
> "As part of his research, Nice is interested in whether Hoosier Kudzu is
> the
> same as the vines found in the South and how Indiana's infestations got
> started [does global warming come to anyone's mind? (Kitty)]  Purdue
> staffers will monitor some of the state's kudzu stands for signs of the
> soybean rust fungus throughout the season...."

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