Seasonal growth, rubber and resin yield characteristics of guayule under natural environmental conditions

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-137

  Jasso Cantua D ^a   Angulo Sanchez J L ^b   Rodriguez Garcia R ^a   Kuruvadi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Growing cycles; Guayule; Rubber molecular weight; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; GUAYULE; RESIN; RUBBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; YIELD;

ASTERACEAE; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

EID: 0031439046     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(96)00211-7     Document Type: Article

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