IMPROVEMENT OF DANDELION RUBBER PRODUCTION BY THERMAL CYCLES IMPLEMENTATION

摘要

The present invention concerns a method for culturing a plant, said method comprising a culture step wherein said plant is submitted to repeated thermal cycles, wherein, for each thermal cycle, cool temperature and warm temperature are alternately artificially applied to all or a part of said plant, over a period shorter than natural seasons. The present invention also concerns a method for producing natural rubber from latex-producing plants, said method comprising the steps of (a) culturing the latex- producing plant by implementing the method of culture of the invention, (b) harvesting part or all of root part of said plant, and (c) extracting natural rubber from the root part harvested at step b).