Read more
Zusammenfassung No other book on natural rubber covers such a broad spectrum of subjects as this unique publication. Subjects related to the biology, cultivation and technology of natural rubber are dealt with, along with such important aspects as its history, production and processing, through to its sophisticated engineering applications.
List of contents
Preface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. 1. Historical development of the
world rubber industry (K. P. Jones, P. W . Allen). 2. The outlook for natural
rubber production and consumption (H. P. Smit, K. Burger). 3. The genus
Hevea - botanical aspects (P. R. Wycherley). 4. Anatomy and
ultracytology of latex vessels (D. Premakumari, A. O. N. Panikkar). 5.
Germplasm resources and genetic improvement (Y. Annamma Varghese). 6.
Metabolism of the laticiferous system and its biochemical regulation (J. L.
Jacob, J. C. Prevot). 7. Yield components in Hevea brasiliensis (M.
R. Sethuraj). 8. Propagation and planting (J. G. Marattukalam, C. K.
Saraswathy Amma). 9. Climatic requirements (P. Sanjeeva Rao, K. R.
Vijayakumar). 10. Rubber cultivation under climatic stresses in China (H.
Zongdao, P. Yanqing). 11. Nutrition of Hevea (A. K. Krishnakumar, S.
N. Potty). 12. Tapping of Hevea brasiliensis (P. D. Abraham). 13.
International notation for exploitation systems (Lukman). 14. Certain aspects
of physiology and biochemistry of latex production (S. W. Pakianathan, S. J.
Tata, L. F. Chon, M. R. Sethuraj). 15. Diseases of economic importance in
rubber (A. de S. Liyanage, C. Kuruvilla Jacob). 16 Pests (K. Jayarathnam). 17.
Primary processing (B. Kuriakose). 18. Physical and technological properties
of natural rubber (N. M. Mathew). 19. Compounding and vulcanization (C.
Metherell). 20. Chemical modification of natural rubber (D. S. Campbell). 21.
Engineering properties and applications of rubber (A. Stevenson). 22.
Thermoplastic natural rubber (N. R. Choudhury, A. K. Bhowmick, S. K. De). 23.
Technological properties and utilisation of rubber wood (A. C. Sekhar). 24.
Ancillary income from rubber plantations (V. Haridasan). 25. Guayule as an
alternative source of natural rubber (F. S. Nakayama).
