Natural rubber is mostly produced by H. brasiliensis and represents 33% of total consumed rubber in the world, its production reaching 7.92 million tons in 2003. Heveaculture takes advantage of the increase in demand for natural rubber and the ecological challenges (carbon sequestration) to be a major renewable source of rubber and wood.
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Leclercq, J., Rio, M.A., Kuswanhadi, Sumarmadji, Montoro, P. (2007). Isolation and expression of ACC oxidase in Hevea brasiliensis. In: Ramina, A., Chang, C., Giovannoni, J., Klee, H., Perata, P., Woltering, E. (eds) Advances in Plant Ethylene Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6014-4_6
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