Researchers have succeeded in decoding the genome sequence for Hevea brasiliensis, the natural rubber tree native to Brazil. The study reports a draft genome sequence that covers more than 93 ...

Originally, rubber meant the material obtained from the rubber tree Hevea Brasiliensis. Originally, rubber meant the material obtained from the rubber tree Hevea Brasiliensis. Today, the term ...

The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, remains the primary commercial source of natural rubber, a versatile biopolymer with unique elasticity and resilience. Central to its economic importance is a ...

UNIVERSITI Sains Malaysia (USM)’s Centre for Chemical Biology (CCB@USM) has unveiled the first-ever draft of the hevea brasiliensis rubber tree genome in the world and likely position Malaysia ...

A native of the Brazilian rainforest, the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis is no longer grown commercially in the country due to the prevalence of South American leaf blight, a catastrophic pathogen ...

The problem is, almost all the natural rubber in the world comes from a single species of tree, Hevea brasiliensis, crops of which cannot be scaled up easily to meet future demand. So the tire ...

but they’ve never figured out how to extract it for less than the cost of importing tropical rubber (Hevea brasiliensis). The United States actually produced rubber from guayule during World War ...

Yet, the world relies heavily on just one monoclonal crop, the hevea brasiliensis rubber tree, to support the production of more than 50,000 different products worldwide. Katrina Cornish will discuss ...

that is the Amazonian rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. The sap can be an irritant on the skin of people and pets, so be careful when handling this plant.

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.) ...