Beschreibung:
Natural rubber has been an essential commodity not only for the tire industry but also for more than 50,000 products that holds elasticity as an attribute. The prime source of natural rubber worldwide is Hevea brasiliensis. Hevea rubber tree is an excellent example of how a soil-tree-atmosphere system can work in tandem. The retrieval of rubber through 'injuring' the tree on alternate days or once in three days or once in seven days, is indeed a unique arrangement followed universally that ensures income to the planter almost throughout the year. Every molecule of rubber is the end result of meticulous biochemical changes. Therefore the biology of Hevea rubber tree itself is a subject that aggregates science and technology for the realization of its industrial utility.
Introduction.- Genesis and Development.- Plant Structure and Eco-physiology.- Propagation Systems.- Latex Production, Diagnosis and Harvest.- Genetic Resources.- Heterozygosis and Breeding.- Genetics of Traits.- Environmental constraints and adaptation to global changes.- Genotype-by-Environment Interactions.-Biotechnology.- Biological Constraints.- Genomics and Molecular Breeding.- Ancillary Income Generations.