Variability in Rubber and Resin Content Within and Among Eight Guayule Cultivars
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- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience
- Vol. 21 (4) , 1039-1040
- https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.21.4.1039
Abstract
Mean rubber concentration of 3-year-old guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) ranged from 7.37% to 9.72% among 8 cultivars. Resin concentration ranged from 4.48% to 6.69%. All cultivars were homogeneous for rubber and resin concentration, except N565. Rubber concentration was highly correlated with resin concentration.Keywords
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