Kudzu often takes over abandoned lots, buildings and telephone poles,' Jen continues, 'spreading by rhizomes and runners.' ...

Kudzu is sometimes called "the vine that ate the South ... there was a lot of talk about finding a way to use the invasive plant as a biomass ingredient for cellulosic ethanol, with both the ...

W hen any plant species is introduced to a region where it is not naturally occurring, it has the potential to become ...

Today, the “vine that ate the South” has gobbled more than 10 ... “We thought that, like a lot of other plant products, kudzu root extract might have some benefit for cardiovascular function. We found ...

Newstead Abbey is running a bizarre exhibition in which Lord Byron’s ancestral home is interspersed with some of the most mind-numbingly nonsensical contextualizations of history, managing to be ...

The invasive Kudzu vine has finally met its match. The problem? It's killer--the kudzu bug--is an invasive species, too. WSJ's Valerie Bauerlein reports from Griffin, Ga.

Kudzu, whose scientific name is Pueraria mirfica, is a vine used in Chinese medicine for ... found in high concentrations within the plant, called isoflavones. In China, it has been used to ...

This is the tropical vine that has smothered the Southern states. We might be hacking back English Ivy but Kudzu makes ivy look timid. Ants on plants? That’s nothing compared to the biting ...