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Could dandelions or desert shrubs replace rubber?

(17 Feb 2024) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4478791 ASSOCIATED PRESS Wooster, Ohio - 06 February 2024 1. Detail of bee on rubber dandelion flower HEADLINE: Could dandelions or desert shrubs replace rubber? ASSOCIATED PRESS Eloy, Arizona - 05 February 2024 2. Medium of guayule plant ANNOTATION: Researchers and companies are exploring alternative crops as more sustainable sources of domestic rubber. ASSOCIATED PRESS Wooster, Ohio - 06 February 2024 3. Detail of Katrina Cornish showing medical glove made from guayule rubber ANNOTATION: Rubber produced from these crops can be manufactured into many types of goods including gloves, parts for medical devices and tires. 4. Wide of greenhouse with rubber dandelions ++COVERED++ 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Katrina Cornish, alternative rubber researcher, Ohio State University: "My job isn’t done until this is a permanent feature of the landscape.” 6. Track up of Katrina Cornish harvesting rubber dandelion seeds 7. Detail of Katrina Cornish placing harvested rubber dandelion seeds into paper bag ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Katrina Cornish, alternative rubber researcher, Ohio State University: "The technical challenges are pretty much all been overcome. So we know how to do this. The challenge is financial. You have to start on the small scale so that you can fund the processing plants. We've got to get that first one up and then it will proliferate based on profits and the commercial viability of number one.” 9. Various of dipping machine operating inside research lab ASSOCIATED PRESS Eloy, Arizona - 05 February 2024 10. Wide of guayule field ANNOTATION: Experts say these specialty crops, such as guayule, must be economically viable for farmers. Niche markets can help build up to scale. 11. Wide of David Dierig in guayule research field ++COVERED++ 12. SOUNDBITE (English) David Dierig, manager, Bridgestone Agro Operations Guayule Research Farm: "This plant is a lot more resilient than any other plant that we grow here in Arizona for agriculture. It’s got drought tolerance.” 13. Detail of David Dierig holding guayule plant 14. Wide of guayule research field and farm equipment ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 15. SOUNDBITE (English) David Dierig, manager, Bridgestone Agro Operations Guayule Research Farm: "On the average it uses a lot less water than crops like corn, cotton, alfalfa, wheat. All those crops use more water than guayule does. The reason that we’re so interested in guayule is because we need a domestic source of natural rubber. If we continued to rely on a supply that comes from southeast Asia, there’s all these risks that are just out there.” 16. Wide of greenhouse at sunrise 17. Various of employee Angel Dias working in greenhouse with guayule plants 18. Wide of guayule plants in greenhouse 19. Medium of person working in lab ASSOCIATED PRESS Wooster, Ohio - 06 February 2024 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Katrina Cornish, alternative rubber researcher, Ohio State University: "You cannot go to a passenger car tire without first having production capacity and economies of scale. So we have to have these alternatives to meet the projected demand.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Eloy, Arizona - 05 February 2024 21. Medium of tire made from guayule rubber inside Bridgestone office ASSOCIATED PRESS Wooster, Ohio - 06 February 2024 22. Medium of guayule latex inside barrels 23. Detail of Katrina Cornish lifting guayule latex out of a beaker 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Katrina Cornish, alternative rubber researcher, Ohio State University: 25. Detail of parts for trachea tubes made from guayule rubber Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...