For more than a decade, Jody Scott tended shrubs in a dry field in southern Arizona. A lifelong farmer of myriad crops, Scott calls this the most boring thing he’s ever grown. And growing it, he said, ...

Ohio State scientists are working to increase rubber production in the U.S. by researching ways to make the extraction of latex from dandelions and desert shrubs more efficient as threats of plant ...

Rubberwood is the name given to lumber from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), which is a tree producing latex to produce natural rubber. (Other names today include parawood and Malaysian oak.) ...

The Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona is the hottest desert in the United States. The climate is severe, delivering an extreme contrast between aridity and moisture thanks to its warm subtropical ...