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Somatic embryogenesis in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.)

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Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 44-46))

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Natural rubber, produced by Hevea brasiliensis (Müll. Arg.) has been known since ancient times and the Mayas and Aztecs used it in their daily life and religious ceremonies (Serier, 1993). In forests, this tropical tree can reach 40 m in height and 5 m in circumference. It is much smaller in plantations, where twice-weekly tapping of the tree bark considerably reduces its growth. Paradoxically, cultivation of this tree is very recent, beginning in Southeast Asia at the turn of the century, i.e., outside its original zone in the Amazonian basin, where “South American Leaf Blight”, caused by the fungus Microcyclus ulei is rife. The normal cultivation zone lies between 20° N and 20° S, apart from plantations in China and northern India (Compagnon, 1986). The areas planted cover around 7 million hectares, primarily in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, but also in China, India, Africa and Latin America.

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  1. Department of Plant Production, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    S. Mohan Jain

  2. Weyerhaeuser Inc., Tacoma, Washington, USA

    Pramod K. Gupta

  3. Department of Forest Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    Ronald J. Newton

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Carron, M.P. et al. (1995). Somatic embryogenesis in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.). In: Jain, S.M., Gupta, P.K., Newton, R.J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 44-46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0491-3_8

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