Aztecs tapped the sap of Hevea brasiliensis much as American Indians bled sugar maples for their sweet syrup. But the hevea rubber tree yielded something quite inedible — a thick, milky liquid ...

Guayule and TKS dandelion currently are the two most promising natural rubber alternatives to hevea. These potential crops, however, ... Yet, the world relies heavily on just one monoclonal crop, the ...

The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, remains the primary commercial source of natural rubber, a versatile biopolymer with unique elasticity and resilience. Central to its economic importance is a ...

Guayule is a woody desert shrub that has a remarkable quality – the plant produces natural rubber, which makes it a viable, environmentally friendly, and sustainable alternative to the Pará ...

The problem is, almost all the natural rubber in the world comes from a single species of tree, Hevea brasiliensis, crops of which cannot be scaled up easily to meet future demand.

CLONES of Hevea brasiliensis are normally bud-grafted on seedling rootstocks. In an attempt to overcome the disadvantages inherent in this practice, the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya is ...

And it's true that rubber trees, or hevea brasiliensis, grow primarily in the rain forests of South America and the Far East; its milky latex is extracted like maple syrup into buckets to make ...

J. TUPÝ, L. PRIMOT, Sucrose Synthetase in the Latex of Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg., Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 33, No. 136 (October 1982), pp. 988-995 ...

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In 1876, British traveler Henry Wickham stole a botanical treasure that changed the course of history. He made off with 70,000 seeds of Hevea brasiliensis, also known as the Para rubber tree ...

Your car tires may be treading over forests and wildlife in Southeast Asia. As the global demand for tires soars, so does the demand for natural rubber sourced from Hevea brasiliensis, the para ...