Sunflower rubber producing plants
In order to diversify the production of rubber, the United States Ai Di agricultural companies (Edison Agrosciences) is developing sunflower rubber.
Sunflower rubber
The company said that sunflower is a local rubber producing plants, natural rubber latex can be extracted from leaves, its weight accounts for 1% to 2% of the leaves. The company hopes to increase the content of rubber leaves up to 4 to 5 times the level of commercialization of its technology. This project was supported by the US government funding of $ 830,000. Sunflower is an annual plant, in 2014 the nation’s 156 million acres of cultivated area, the growth cycle is short, and the basic need of water resources for irrigation.
IKSOINC.com will concern about the process for sunflower rubber.
