Rubberwood is the name given to lumber from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), which is a tree producing latex to produce natural rubber. (Other names today include parawood and Malaysian oak.) ...

Rubber trees are essential for natural rubber, require precise nutrient management. Traditional methods for assessing nutrient levels are expensive and destructive, but near-infrared (NIR) ...

Edison, Firestone, Ford, or Rockefeller, the giants of American industry and invention believed one crop could rule them all: natural rubber. Industrialization, subterfuge and war couldn’t gain rubber ...

The roots of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, a species of dandelion known as TK that has proven to be a valuable alternative to natural rubber trees. Photo credit: Farmed Materials. A tire company is ...

Bridgestone, a global leader in tires and rubber, has announced an additional commitment of $42 million to establish commercial operations for planting and harvesting guayule – a woody desert shrub ...

Rubber: there's nothing like the real thing. Manufacturers use synthetic rubber in toys and rubber bands and even passenger car tires, but higher performance products such as truck and aircraft tires ...

Almost all of the world’s rubber comes from Southeast Asia, but that’s not because it’s the native habitat of rubber trees. The history of how the region came to be a global supplier is also the ...