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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 ...

In the middle of this oddest of all odd election seasons, I bought a set of tires for my truck. They were made in Vietnam. This was not my first encounter with Vietnamese rubber products. In 1969 and ...

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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) ...

In a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Goodyear, the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and BioMADE will work with Ohio-based Farmed Materials on ...

Rubber plants are some of the hardiest houseplants available. These members of the ficus family are attractive, grow quickly, and require minimal care and maintenance. But even this easygoing tropical ...

In Ivory Coast, only five percent of women own agricultural land. But this is changing: for many women, owning their own ...

How would like to lie down on a bed of milky sap? No? What if you knew it came from organic rubber trees in Sri Lanka? While it sounds weird, milky sap from organic rubber trees actually turns into an ...

Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home - Copyright AFP Pablo PORCIUNCULA Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from ...