Biology of Hevea Rubber

Hardback
November 2011
9781845936662
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    1st November 2011
  • ISBN 9781845936662
  • Language English
  • Pages 240 pp.
  • Size 6.875" x 9.75"
  • Images 47 illus
$206.40

Rubber is an economically important material that occurs naturally and can also be produced synthetically. Many advances have been made in the understanding of the cultivation and biology of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, and this book covers the essential elements of rubber breeding and physiology to provide a guide for cultivators of and researchers into this vital crop. It provides an in-depth analysis of plant structure and crop physiology, climatic requirements, latex production, genetics and breeding, biotechnology, molecular biology, soil tillage and crop establishment, nutrition, weed control, processing and quality.

1) Introduction
2) Genesis and Development
3) Environments for Rubber
4) Plant Structure and Crop Physiology
5) Genetics and Breeding
6) Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
7) Latex Production, Physiology and Harvest
8) Soil Tillage, Crop Establishment and Nutrition
9) Constraints - Environmental and Biological
10) Hevea and Clean Development Management
11) Ancillary Income Generations (Honey, Wood)
12) Processing and Quality

P. M. Priyadarshan

P. M. Priyadarshan is at the Rubber Research Institute of India.