Growing a new source for rubber products

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University of Arizona researchers are helping develop the desert shrub called guayule.

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Environmental engineering scientist Kim Ogden says guayule is a low-maintenance substitute for typical rubber trees, and can be grown in Arizona for making car tires and other manufactured goods.

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