Biologist Vidya Rajan decodes the science and history behind rubber, a substance that forms the basis of modern life ...

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 ...

In the accompanying package were five seedlings of Hevea brasiliensis, a portion of the living confetti scattered around various British colonies in the Far East with the directive to establish ...

Traditionally, bioresourced natural rubber is derived from the sap of the Hevea brasiliensis tree, cultivated in tropical rainforest regions such as in Indonesia and Brazil. However, its ...

Centre of Lipid Engineering and Applied Research (CLEAR), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. [1] Nwokolo, ...

Modern coffee production aims to increase crop yield, and, at the same time, to develop more efficient management strategies that allow environmental and economic sustainability of the crop (Pretty, ...

The proximate composition and fatty acid profile of five lots of samples of raw and roasted salt-dried sardines (Sardinella brasiliensis) bought locally in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil were ...

Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, 1220-2 Kunugida, Hachioji, Tokyo 193-0997, Japan ...