Plant population, planting date, and germplasm effects on guayule latex, rubber, and resin yields

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-260

  Coffelt, T A ^a   Nakayama, F S ^a   Ray, D T ^b   Cornish, K ^c   McMahan, C M ^d   Williams, C F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Yulex Corporation   (United States)

^d WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agronomic practices; Germplasm; Guayule; Latex; Parthenium argentatum; Plant population; Planting date; Resin; Rubber; Yield

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESINS; RUBBER; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; GERMPLASM; GUAYULE; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; PLANT POPULATION; PLANTING DATE; YIELD;

LATEXES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GERMPLASM; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESIN; RUBBER; SHRUB;

ISOPTERA; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

AGRONOMY; CONCENTRATION; HARVESTING; LATEX; PLANT; RESIN; SYNTHETIC RUBBER;

EID: 56649089769     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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