Kudzu (Pueraria montana): History, Physiology, and Ecology Combine to Make a Major Ecosystem Threat

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Nonnative Species and Bioenergy: Are We Cultivating the Next Invader? (2008, background): “Maesen and S. Almeida), first promoted by the federal government as a forage species and later widely planted for erosion control (Forseth and Innis 2004).”
Climate change increases risk of plant invasion in the Eastern United States (2009, background): “Not surprisingly, it poses a substantial threat to native ecosystems (Forseth and Innis 2004), agricultural lands, and forests.”
Discovery and distribution of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in northeast Georgia (2010, background): “It was imported into the U.S. from Asia 100 yr ago (Guertin et al. 2008, Forseth and Innis 2004).”
Plant invasions in the landscape (2011, background): “…are examining the role of landscape dynamics as a factor influencing invasion, demonstrating that extensive and repeated introductions, together with landscape level disturbances, have played a key role in the spread of some invasive species (Forseth and Innis 2004; DeGasperis and Motzkin 2007).”
Identifying hotspots for plant invasions and forecasting focal points of further spread (2009, background): “For example, some plant species only became invasive after being extensively planted, as was the case with kudzu, Pueraria lobata (Forseth & Innis 2004) in the southeast USA.”