Planting Native Species to Control Site Reinfestation by Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Skinner ◽  
M. van der Grinten ◽  
A. E. Gover
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Control Site ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Fallopia Japonica

scholarly journals The Biology of Invasive Alien Plants in Canada. 5. Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. & Zucc. [= Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr.]

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob N. Barney ◽  
Nishanth Tharayil ◽  
Antonio DiTommaso ◽  
Prasanta C. Bhowmik
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Infested Soil ◽  
Polygonum Cuspidatum ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Male Sterile ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Riparian Corridors ◽  
Primary Means

Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed) is an introduced perennial geophyte in the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). The phytogeographic distribution of P. cuspidatum in North America suggests a large number of intentional introductions via ornamental plantings from 1870 to 2000, followed by secondary spread from these foci. This species is most pernicious along riparian corridors and road and railroad rights-of-way, reducing visibility, displacing native species, negatively affecting native wildlife, and causing alterations in natural hydrologic processes. Although non-hybrid seed recruitment has not been observed in Europe because of the presence of male-sterile clones only, dispersal of seeds and stem and rhizome fragments by flowing water does occur in North America and populations are readily established from these sources. The primary means of local and regional range expansion is human-mediated transport of rhizome-infested soil. Hybridization is common with the congener P. sachalinense in the introduced ranges of North America and Europe resulting in the equally noxious P. × bohemicum. Key words: Japanese knotweed, Mexican bamboo, Polygonum, Fallopia, Reynoutria, POLCU, invasive plant, weed biology

scholarly journals Invasive Plants in Support of Urban Farming: Fermentation-Based Organic Fertilizer from Japanese Knotweed

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1232
Author(s):  
Rozalija Cvejić ◽  
Susanne Klages ◽  
Marina Pintar ◽  
Lara Resman ◽  
Ana Slatnar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Chinese Cabbage ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Farmyard Manure ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Perennial Crop ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Average Mass

In this study, fermentation-based organic fertilizer (OF) was produced from the aboveground parts of Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr. The quantity of N in OF (17.2 kg t−1 fresh lactic-fermented OF) was higher than average in cattle farmyard manure, but on a comparable level to solid poultry and rabbit manure. The OF was applied on a field to evaluate its effect on Chinese cabbage. The applied nutrients with OF N159 were 159, 44 and 121 kg ha−1 for N, P, and K, respectively. The applied nutrients with OF N317 were 317, 38, and 200 kg ha−1 for N, P, and K, respectively. The average mass of marketable Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis Rupr.) single heads ranged from 253 g with N0 treatment to 602 g with N317 treatment. The nutrient recovery efficiency REN,P,K was 37, 20, and 50% for N317 and 55, 48, and 77% for N159. The OF was found to be a suitable alternative to farmyard manure. Additionally, OF produced from F. japonica could complement existing approaches to limit the spread of invasive species in cities. Further research should focus on perennial crop rotations and cropping patterns, different soil types, and a greater variety of crops and consider the possible retention of urban farmers using fertilizer from invasive plants.

Glucose oxidase-assisted extraction of resveratrol from Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 8131-8140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaguo Chen ◽  
Qingfang Deng ◽  
Xiuhong Ji ◽  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Glen Kelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Oxidase ◽  
Extraction Yield ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Assisted Extraction

Glucose oxidase can completely convert resveratrol glycoside into resveratrol, and significantly increase the extraction yield of resveratrol in Japanese knotweed.

Extending the Timeframe for Rapid Response and Best Management Practices of Flood-Dispersed Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. Colleran ◽  
Katherine E. Goodall
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Green River ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Successful Removal

The objective of this article is to extend the reported period in which flood-distributed knotweed propagules may be successfully managed using only manual labor. During a second round of early detection and rapid response (EDRR) management along the Green River in Guilford, VT, we collected and measured all Japanese knotweed propagules that had been distributed by flooding approximately 21 mo earlier, in August 2011, at a single site. Our data suggest that knotweed s.l. prioritizes the growth of new stems over new rhizomes at the start of a growing season. Because the limiting factor for successful removal of new knotweed s.l. plants by hand is the size of the rhizome system, our findings support extending the time frame for EDRR management of flood-distributed knotweed s.l. into the second spring after its initial dispersal. Additionally, in November 2013, surveys of our work sites found no new knotweed s.l. plants in locations accessible to work crews. In addition to validating our EDRR management techniques, this implies that knotweed s.l. fragment viability does not extend past the second spring following its dispersal.

scholarly journals Comparative Histological and Phytochemical Study of Fallopia Species

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1601100
Author(s):  
Heléna Békési-Kallenberger ◽  
Györgyi Horváth ◽  
Tímea Bencsik ◽  
Viktória Lilla Balázs ◽  
Rita Filep ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Period ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Tannin Content ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Phytochemical Study ◽  
Histological Characteristics ◽  
Giant Knotweed ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Asian Herbal Medicine ◽  
Stem Leaf

Fallopia species which belong to the Polygonaceae family have several data related to their use in the Asian herbal medicine. In this work, some histological and phytochemical parameters of Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis, and F. × bohemica were analysed and compared. Rhizome and leaf samples were collected before, during, and after the flowering period at 3 habitats in Szombathely and 4 habitats in Baranya County, Hungary. The main histological characteristics of the stem, leaf and petiole were studied by light microscopy in cross section. Total tannin and anthraquinone contents were determined according to the official methods of the Hungarian Pharmacopoeia VIIIth (equal to the European Pharmacopoeia 6th). No species-specific markers were found in any plant part. In the rhizome, the highest tannin content was measured in Japanese knotweed, followed by Bohemian and giant knotweed in each period. The tannin content measured in each plant was higher in the leaves than in the rhizomes except F. japonica. The rhizome of F. japonica had the highest anthraquinone content before the flowering period, followed by F. × bohemica and F. sachalinensis. According to earlier and our preliminary data, Fallopia taxa are of great therapeutic promise in the future.

Review:Physiological Approaches to the Improvement of Chemical Control of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

Weed Science ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uliana B. Bashtanova ◽  
K. Paul Beckett ◽  
Timothy J. Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Control ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Synthetic Auxins ◽  
Rhizome Buds ◽  
Different Growth Stages

Japanese knotweed is an aggressive alien species in Europe, North America, and Australia, causing a range of environmental problems. Eradication of Japanese knotweed is proving to be a difficult task, because the plant is able to propagate generatively by intra- and interspecific hybridization, and vegetatively from shoot and tiny rhizome pieces. Despite the economic consequences of Japanese knotweed on natural and built environments, its physiology is not yet fully understood; especially important are sink-source relations between old and young parts of the rhizome and growth of lateral and latent rhizome buds. Current methods of chemical control include three types of phloem-mobile herbicides, such as glyphosate, imazapyr, and synthetic auxins. These herbicides have limitations on their use, and all fail to eradicate the plant completely, for the reasons discussed in this review. Our aim is to suggest prospective approaches to enable chemical eradication: use of signals to induce controlled growth and development of quiescent rhizome buds; use of phytohormones, sugars, and light to increase allocation of phloem-mobile herbicides to the rhizome; use of xylem-mobile herbicides to exterminate the old rhizome parts; and use of different phloem-mobile herbicides at different growth stages.

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