Agronomic and natural rubber characteristics of sunflower as a rubber-producing plant

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-491

  Pearson, Calvin H ^a   Cornish, Katrina ^b   McMahan, Colleen M ^b   Rath, Donna J ^a   Brichta, Jenny L ^b   Van Fleet, Jennifer E ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural rubber; Natural rubber extraction; Natural rubber plants; Rubber quality; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWING SEASON; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; LEAF MASS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL RUBBER; NATURAL RUBBERS; PLANT BREEDING; QUALITY FACTORS; RESEARCH CENTER; SUNFLOWER; SUNFLOWER PLANTS;

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LATEXES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

RUBBER;

AGRONOMY; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWING SEASON; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; PLANT BREEDING; RUBBER; YIELD RESPONSE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

AGRONOMY; BREED; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETIC MODIFICATION; LATEX; MATURITY; NATURAL RUBBER; PLANT EXTRACT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77949653336     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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