Biological invasion of pueraria lobata

Pueraria lobata is a beautiful ornamental climber, native to southern China and Japanese. Pueraria lobata is also the only plant among the 10 notorious invaders. 1876, kudzu vine first appeared in the exhibition hall of the centennial memorial hall in Philadelphia, USA. At that time, it was touted as a kind of "strong vitality and rapid growth" ground cover plant, which could help local people curb soil erosion. To this end, pueraria lobata was officially introduced to the United States.

More than 50 years later, it is precisely because of these two advantages that Pueraria lobata has gained two new nicknames, the first is "southern food climber" and the second is "green danger". Nowadays, pueraria lobata has spread wildly in the southern States of the United States, and may even continue northward, and its tentacles have reached the northernmost part of New Jersey. Pueraria lobata on American soil has almost no natural enemies, and their existence has caused serious ecological disasters to the southern States of the United States. Americans are no longer thinking about using it, but how to eradicate it.