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Science 2 May 1980:
Vol. 208. no. 4443, pp. 460 - 464
DOI: 10.1126/science.208.4443.460
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Oils and Rubber from Arid Land Plants

Jack D. Johnson 1 and C. Wiley Hinman 2

1 Director of the Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson 85719
2 Director of Exploratory Technology, Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Tucson 85718

In this article the economic development potentials of Cucurbita species (buffalo gourd and others), Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba), Euphorbia lathyris (gopher plant), and Parthenium argentatum (guayule) are discussed. All of these plants may become important sources of oils or rubber.


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