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Sunflower rubber?

Publication: Agricultural Research
Publication Date: 01-JUN-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Sunflower rubber?(Brief Article)

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Sunflowers--today known for their tasty, crunchy seeds and a healthful salad oil--might tomorrow gain fame as a source of premium rubber. That's the plan of scientists who have joined forces to improve the quality and quantity of latex from sunflower plants.

Latex is made up of rubber particles surrounded by water and other plant compounds. It is a higher value product than solid rubber. As rubber factories of the future, lanky sunflowers would reduce America's dependence...

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