Guayule and Russian dandelion as alternative sources of natural rubber

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-231

  Van Beilen, Jan B ^a   Poirier, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Guayule; Hevea brasiliensis; Latex; Parthenium argentatum; Rubber tree; Russian dandelion; Taraxacum koksaghyz

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; PATHOGENS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHETIC RUBBER;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; PETROLEUM-DERIVED CHEMICALS;

RUBBER;

LATEX; RUBBER; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; DANDELION; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; LEAF BLIGHT; MYCOSIS; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUBBER INDUSTRY; TARAXACUM KOKSAGBYZ; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTHESIS;

HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MICROCYCLUS ULEI; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

ASTERACEAE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT EXTRACTS; RUBBER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38949111519     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550701775927     Document Type: Review

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