Re: Kudzu invasion!

Yep, soybean rust made its debut in TN just last fall.  I suppose they feel
they must study anything that is new here before ripping it out, but it's a
no-brainer when it comes to kudzu.  I suspect they need to absolutely
identify that it is the exact same species that harbors the rust so they can
pass some sort of ag-act that will force people to remove it from their
lands.  Otherwise I wouldn't think the gov could just come on your land and
spray whatever you have growing.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!


> I apologize for laughing, but what is there to figure out where kudzu is
> concerned?  After all, it is the plant that ate the South.  If the State
of
> TN didn't keep after it, it would cross the highway through our town in no
> time flat.  The upside is constant attempts to control it provide a lot of
> jobs.  I had no idea it had any connection with soy bean rust, and there
are
> lots of soy beans grown around here.  That must be a recent development.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!
>
>
> >I don't know how they decide to do these things.  I suppose they can't
> >track
> > every stand that pops up, so when they have some identified and
> > accessible,
> > they'll study it for awhile to help figure out what will happen from the
> > inaccessible and those they don't find. Still, it will  just keep
marching
> > on...I wonder how southern Illinois is doing.
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Z5
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 6:09 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] 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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