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Published March 11, 2021 at 4:20 PM CST Listen Provided by Edison Agrosciences St. Louis based Edison Agrosciences say sunflowers are capable of becoming the world’s next best source of natural rubber.
Manufacturers who depend on rubber for their product typically source the rubber from Asia, where most of the world’s natural rubber is harvested. But an 8-year-old St. Louis company wants to change that.
“The world’s supply of natural rubber is at risk,” said David Woodburn, the CEO of Edison Agrosciences. “Ninety percent of it or so comes from Southeast Asia … not only from the same plant species, but really, clones of [the] exact same trees. So once you have that type of concentration, pests whether it be disease or insects if they take hold, things can move fast.”
Originally published on March 11, 2021 5:23 pm
Manufacturers who depend on rubber for their product typically source the rubber from Asia, where most of the world’s natural rubber is harvested. But an 8-year-old St. Louis company wants to change that.
“The world’s supply of natural rubber is at risk,” said David Woodburn, the CEO of Edison Agrosciences. “Ninety percent of it or so comes from Southeast Asia … not only from the same plant species, but really, clones of [the] exact same trees. So once you have that type of concentration, pests whether it be disease or insects if they take hold, things can move fast.”