A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan
Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis. It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.
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- Episode Transcript
- HudsonAlpha Institute's Tiny Expeditions Podcast
- Guayule: Can genetics create a natural US rubber source?
- Guayule Project in the JGI’s Approved Proposals of 2022
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