A plant expert explains why and what to do about it. Rubber plants (Ficus elastica) are popular houseplants, beloved for leaves so shiny they look lacquered. Perhaps that's why rubber plant leaves ...

Watering a rubber plant can be a surprisingly tricky endeavor — too much or too little can both wreck your plant. Here's the ...

Rubber compounding isn’t quite like other manufacturing environments. It’s a world where chemistry and mechanics come ...

So, you have a rubber plant, and you want to help it thrive. We can help with that, but first…what on earth is a rubber plant anyway? The popular houseplant known as the rubber plant (i.e., Ficus ...

Rubber plants get yellow leaves from watering problems, excess light, pests, or temperature shifts. Check soil moisture, light levels, and pests to pinpoint the cause. Remove yellow leaves after ...

PULLMAN, Wash.—Plant scientists have identified as many as 2,500 plants that produce at least some amount of natural rubber latex. However, only the rubber from the Heveatree has ever been widely used ...

You might not think of your car tires as an agricultural product, but much of that rubber that goes into them comes from trees. Our economy is chock-full of synthetic rubber too — but manufacturers ...

The few strips of shrubby vegetation growing near railroad tracks in the middle of a southeast Valley industrial park look like someone's small garden project. But the plot at Yulex Corp. isn't being ...

Scientists have sequenced the draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, the major commercial source of natural rubber. A group of international scientists has sequenced the draft ...

Forty minutes south of Phoenix, just past the once-sleepy town of Maricopa and the last bit of suburban sprawl, the Arizona desert gives way to thousands of acres lined with row after row of funny ...

So, you have a rubber plant, and you want to help it thrive. We can help with that, but first…what on earth is a rubber plant anyway? The popular houseplant known as the rubber plant (i.e., Ficus ...