Natural Rubber

Preface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. 1. Historical development of the<br>world rubber industry (K. P. Jones, P. W . Allen). 2. The outlook for natural<br>rubber production and consumption (H. P. Smit, K. Burger). 3. The genus<br>Hevea - botanical aspects (P. R. Wycherley). 4. Anatomy and<br>ultracytology of latex vessels (D. Premakumari, A. O. N. Panikkar). 5.<br>Germplasm resources and genetic improvement (Y. Annamma Varghese). 6.<br>Metabolism of the laticiferous system and its biochemical regulation (J. L.<br>Jacob, J. C. Prevot). 7. Yield components in Hevea brasiliensis (M.<br>R. Sethuraj). 8. Propagation and planting (J. G. Marattukalam, C. K.<br>Saraswathy Amma). 9. Climatic requirements (P. Sanjeeva Rao, K. R.<br>Vijayakumar). 10. Rubber cultivation under climatic stresses in China (H.<br>Zongdao, P. Yanqing). 11. Nutrition of Hevea (A. K. Krishnakumar, S.<br>N. Potty). 12. Tapping of Hevea brasiliensis (P. D. Abraham). 13.<br>International notation for exploitation systems (Lukman). 14. Certain aspects<br>of physiology and biochemistry of latex production (S. W. Pakianathan, S. J.<br>Tata, L. F. Chon, M. R. Sethuraj). 15. Diseases of economic importance in<br>rubber (A. de S. Liyanage, C. Kuruvilla Jacob). 16 Pests (K. Jayarathnam). 17.<br>Primary processing (B. Kuriakose). 18. Physical and technological properties<br>of natural rubber (N. M. Mathew). 19. Compounding and vulcanization (C.<br>Metherell). 20. Chemical modification of natural rubber (D. S. Campbell). 21.<br>Engineering properties and applications of rubber (A. Stevenson). 22.<br>Thermoplastic natural rubber (N. R. Choudhury, A. K. Bhowmick, S. K. De). 23.<br>Technological properties and utilisation of rubber wood (A. C. Sekhar). 24.<br>Ancillary income from rubber plantations (V. Haridasan). 25. Guayule as an<br>alternative source of natural rubber (F. S. Nakayama).