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A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan
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Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis. It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.
This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
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- Guayule: Can genetics create a natural US rubber source?
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