Unlike traditional rubber trees, guayule can be harvested with existing ... “Guayule doesn’t have the 10,000-year development ...

Tire company Bridgestone is investing in research on guayule — a tough, desert-growing shrub that can be used to make natural rubber. The manufacturer has cultivated 281 acres of the new crop so ...

These concerns manufacture crude rubber from the guayule plant, which grows wild throughout Central and Northern Mexico. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The name is guayule, pronounced why-OO-lee. It's a small desert shrub native to the southwestern US and Mexico that Bridgestone uses to make the rubber in the sidewalls of its green Firestone ...