Post-harvest storage effects on guayule latex, rubber, and resin contents and yields

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 326-335

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

^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

Guayule; Guayulin content; Latex content; Latex yield; Parthenium argentatum; Resin content; Resin yield; Rubber content; Rubber yield; Shrub storage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CROPS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESINS; RUBBER;

GUAYULE; GUAYULIN CONTENT; LATEX CONTENT; LATEX YIELD; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; RESIN CONTENT; RESIN YIELD; RUBBER CONTENT; RUBBER YIELD; SHRUB STORAGE;

LATEXES;

CROP YIELD; HARVESTING; RESIN; RUBBER; STORAGE;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY; CROP PRODUCTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; HARVESTING; LATEX; RESIN; STORAGE; SYNTHETIC RUBBER;

EID: 60449087256     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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