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Katrina Cornish, Ph.D.,FAAAS
Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar,
Bioemergent Materials cornish.19@osu.edu
Griffin Bates, Sarah McNulty, Victor Pool and
Niki Amstutz
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Department of Food, Agricultural and
Biological Engineering, The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster,
USA, and The Institute of Materials Research, The Ohio State University
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Root weight variation
Fall Harvested Fresh Root Weights by Density
70
60
Fresh Root Weight (g)
50
40
Too small for efficient harvest
30
20
10
0
0.5 1 2 4
Million Plants / Acre
1.2 2.4 4.8 9.6
Million Plants/Hectare (planted) 76
Overwintering
12
10
Inulin reduction?
8 Root death?
4
0 1 2 3 4 5
Million Plants/Acre
0 2.4 4.8 9.6
Million Plants/Hectare (planted) 79
Root Size, Autumn v Spring
Size and variation decline over winter
Fall Harvested Fresh Root Weights by Density Spring Harvested Fresh Root Weights by Density
70 70
60 60
Fresh Root Weight (g)
40 40
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
0.5 1 2 4 Half 0.5 One 1 Two 2 Four 4
Million Plants / Acre Million Plants / Acre
1.2 2.4 4.8 9.6 1.2 2.4 4.8 9.6
Million Plants/Hectare (planted) Million Plants/Hectare (planted) 80
Effect of in-box position and season
Total Rubber Conc by Density and Harvest
Fall harvest data showed the
90
greatest rubber
80 Fall
concentrations (57.47 mg/g)
Total Rubber Concentration Dwt mg/g
70
Spring
at the density of 2 million
60
plants/acre density p<0.01
50
ANOVA
40
Latex
100
Solid Rubber
80
60
40
20
0
5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
.5 Million/Acre 1 Million/Acre 2 Million/Acre 4 Million/Acre
6 1 62 1498 1634
6 2 49 1718 1874
6 4 33 1520 1658
12 4 16 975 1064
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Buckeye Gold Crop, Survivors
Similar losses were
observed in the fields (as
in the boxes) in quadrat
counts
A field transplanted in late
Autumn had only a few
survivors (saved them)
1200
Inulin
1000 Rubber amount
nearly doubled
800
in cold storage
600
Rubber
400
200
Latex
0
0 20 40 60
Post Harvest Storage Time (days)
88
Projected [Rubber] with Cold Storage
Total Rubber Concentration by Density
Fall vs. Spring Harvest & Cold Storage Potential
120 Fall Harvest
Rubber Concentration (mg / g dwt)
80
60
40
20
0
0.5 1 2 4
Million Plants / Acre
1.2 2.4 4.8 9.6
Million Plants/Hectare (planted) 89
Projected yields from Box and Post Harvest Studies
4000 4364
3000 3273
kg/Hectare
lbs/acre
2000 2182
Autumn harvest
1000 1091 No root loss
Spring harvest in cold
0
0 storage
0 1 2 3 4
Million plants/acre
0 2.4 4.8 9.6
Million Plants/Hectare (planted) 90
2013 planting: 8 fields, 3 farms
8 acres (61 miles, 99 kilometers) planted in 2013
Cold Storage
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Buckeye Gold conclusions
Early results suggest that commercially-
viable yields of TNR will eventually be
possible.
Everyone helped.
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Our Partners
PENRA: Program of Excellence in Natural Rubber Alternatives
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