• DOI:10.1016/J.INDCROP.2011.10.014
Corpus ID: 96236844

Fertilizer and planting strategies to increase biomass and improve root morphology in the natural rubber producer Taraxacum brevicorniculatum

@article{Munt2012FertilizerAP,
  title={Fertilizer and planting strategies to increase biomass and improve root morphology in the natural rubber producer Taraxacum brevicorniculatum},
  author={Oliver Munt and M. Arias and M. Hernandez and E. Ritter and Christian Schulze Gronover and D. Pruefer},
  journal={Industrial Crops and Products},
  year={2012},
  volume={36},
  pages={289-293}
}

Oliver Munt, M. Arias, +3 authors D. Pruefer

Published 2012

Mathematics

Industrial Crops and Products

Abstract Taraxacum brevicorniculatum produces high-quality natural rubber in its roots and could be developed as an alternative commercial source of this valuable raw material. However, current wild type accessions have a low biomass and branched roots that make them difficult to harvest. We set out to determine the optimum fertilizer and spacing requirements for T. brevicorniculatum plants in greenhouse and field trials, aiming to increase root biomass and reduce branching thus maximizing… CONTINUE READING

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