During World War II, he worked for the Bureau of Plant Industry on the Special Guayule Research Project on a series of experiments on root development.
Products made from guayule natural rubber emulsions also do not contain the proteins from the Hevea rubber tree, and do not cause allergy in persons sensitized to Hevea proteins.
While Hevea-derived rubber contains proteins that can cause severe allergic reactions in a few people, guayule does not.
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Currently, Yulex is the only commercial producer of guayule natural rubber in the world.
Yulex Corporation applies crop science, bioprocessing and materials science for the production of agricultural-based biomaterials made from Guayule (Parthenium argentatum).