Extreme weather, including torrential monsoon downpours and a powerful typhoon, reduced rubber production levels in Asia and sent prices soaring to 13-year highs, according to Reuters. A series of ...

SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) - After years of massive expansion, tearing up forests and swallowing land in neighboring countries to create rubber plantations, Vietnam is reaping what it sowed: a swelling ...

Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) is garnering attention as a viable alternative source of natural rubber, presenting a sustainable option that mitigates environmental concerns associated with ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 (Reuters) - Global natural rubber production is expected to fall short of consumption for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, as higher prices fail to encourage tapping in major ...

Eleanor Warren-Thomas receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council/UK Research and Innovation. Antje Ahrends receives funding from the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges ...