By bouncing a soccer ball, a UMBC sophomore realized rubber made from tree sap can hold a lot of energy. So, he took a rubber ...

Being a tree crop with over 20 years of economic lifespan and 5 metres (upper limit) height, rubber has an entitlement to be a forest plantation. The eligibility comes under Aforestation and ...

DURING the early years of rubber planting in the East considerable optimism prevailed in certain quarters as to the powers of the Para rubber-tree (Hevea brasiliensis) to resist disease in its new ...

Natural rubber is made from latex harvested from Para rubber trees. Indonesia's rubber plantation area is the world's largest, with 3.6 million hectares. It's followed by Thailand, with 3.1 ...

In a bid to tackle the chronic labour shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, China has unveiled a mobile rubber-tapping robot, ...

He noted that such efforts should be undertaken through a systematic replanting plan and adhere to the lifecycle of rubber tree plantations. “We hope that planting rubber trees, specifically for ...

Hainan, China - In a groundbreaking move to tackle labor shortages in the natural rubber industry, the Chinese Academy of ...

Connect rubber-producing countries and consuming countries through early-stage measures against rubber tree leaf fall diseases Infection of rubber leaf fall diseases has been widely spread in ...

Now 21 years old, Bendek is the CEO of a company called Elastic Energy, which takes that rubber tree sap and makes an elastic band into the main fuel source for the battery, which weighs about 200 ...

This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a mobile rubber-tapping robot in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Developed jointly by the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural S ...