Rubber plants are hardy, but since they're tropical, they struggle in winter. Pay special attention to your plant during the ...

Rubber trees are essential for natural rubber, require precise nutrient management. Traditional methods for assessing nutrient levels are expensive and destructive, but near-infrared (NIR) ...

You may not remember the 1959 Oscar award-winning song titled "High Hopes" and sung by Frank Sinatra, but I do. Don't worry; I won't sing any of it. But here are some of the lyrics: "Just what makes ...

A research team has developed a cutting-edge deep learning framework, TM-WSNet, that dramatically improves the accuracy of ...

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The roots of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, a species of dandelion known as TK that has proven to be a valuable alternative to natural rubber trees. Photo credit: Farmed Materials. A tire company is ...

MONARAGALA, Sri Lanka — Specialty tire maker Global Rubber Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. (GRI) has launched a "Greening Our Planet" initiative by planting 450 rubber trees in the natural rubber estates of ...

BANGKOK -- Thailand, the world's largest rubber producer and exporter, has launched a program to encourage farmers to cut down rubber trees earlier than the 25-year life cycle to reduce total annual ...

A research team has developed a novel deep learning framework, RsegNet, to revolutionize how rubber tree plantations are ...