Guayule – Natural Rubber: A Technical Publication with Emphasis on Recent Findings

Guayule Administrative Management Committee, Cooperative State Research Service Usda, Editors:, J. Wayne Whitworth and Emily E. Whitehead

No 386122, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Table of Contents: Preface --- Foreword --- Introduction (H. T. Huang) --- 1. The History of Rubber (James Bonner) --- 2. Biochemical Evolution and Species Relationships in the Genus Parthenium (Asteraceae) (Jan West, Eloy Rodriguez, and Ahmad Hashemi) --- 3. The Morphology, Anatomy, and Ultrastructure of Guayule (Rachel Goss) --- 4. Genetics, Cytogenetics, and Breeding of Guayule (Ali Estilai and Dennis T. Ray) --- 5. Environmental Physiology and Biochemistry of Rubber Formation (Chan R. Benedict) --- 6. Land Preparation (Michael A. Foster and Jaroy Moore) --- 7. Water and Nutrient Requirements of Guayule Under Irrigated and Dryland Production (Francis S. Nakayama, Dale A. Bucks, C.L. Gonzalez, and Michael A. Foster) --- 8. Plant Health: The Interactions of Guayule, Microorganisms, Arthropods, and Weeds (J.D. Mihail, Stanley M. Alcorn, and J. Wayne Whitworth) --- 9. Influence of Environment and Management Practices on Rubber Quantity and Quality (Francis S. Nakayama) --- 10. Guayule Harvesting Equipment (Wayne Coates) --- 11. Processing (John P. Wagner and William W. Schloman, Jr.) --- 12. Rubber and Coproduct Utilization (William W. Schloman, Jr., and John P. Wagner) --- 13. Recent Advances in Guayule Coproduct Research and Development (Shelby F. Thames and John P. Wagner) ---14. Guayule Economics (N. Gene Wright, Susan Fansler, and Ronald D. Lacewell) --- 15. Case Histories of Guayule Production in Australia, South Africa, and the United States (Peter Milthorpe, J.C. Paterson-Jones, J. Wayne Whitworth, George Abel, and William P. Miller) --- 16. Future Research and Development (Marvin E. Jensen) --- Index.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 474
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.386122

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