Chemical and economic valorization of Asian knotweed: what strategy for sustainable management?

Abstract

Japanese knotweed, an invasive alien species (IAS), is proliferating in France and leads to many problems by impacting biodiversity, landscapes and human activities. Its rhizome is rich in molecules of interest for the cosmetics, dietary supplements and pharmaceutical sectors, presenting. It represents an interesting counterpart that would guarantee, in addition to the ecological advantages of IAS control and waste management of grubbing up sites, socio-economic interests ensuring the sustainability of such activity in a given territory. However, the strategy to be put in place must ensure that many points of caution are taken into account, in order to guarantee the harmlessness for the environment of the economic exploitation of this IAS.