Latex yield and quality during storage of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) homogenates

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-85

  Cornish, Katrina ^a,b   Whitehand, Linda C ^a   Van Fleet, Jennifer E ^a   Brichta, Jenny L ^a   Chapman, Mary H ^a   Knuckles, Benny E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Yulex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Guayule; Homogenate; Hypoallergenic latex; Storage

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; LASERS; LATEXES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; PURIFICATION; RUBBER;

ALKALINE AQUEOUS BUFFER; GUAYULE PLANTS; LATEX YIELD;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

RUBBER;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

EID: 19544374857     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2004.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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