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A Shrubbier Version of Rubber - Andrew Nelson and Colleen McMahan
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JGI
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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.
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