Dandelion rubber

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

Most natural rubber comes from rubber trees in Southeast Asia, but this source is now under threat from a fungus. Researchers have optimized the Russian dandelion to make it suitable for large-scale rubber production.

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