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Controlling Kudzu Fungus Monday, July 20, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology
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Kudzu, "The Vine that Ate the South," could meet its match in a naturally occurring fungus that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have formulated as a biologically based herbicide. By one estimate, kudzu spreads at the rate of 150,000 acres annually, easily outpacing the use of herbicide spraying and mowing, as well increasing the costs of these controls by $6 million annually. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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