2. Rubber Plantation On the Job Training in
Quezon Palawan covers and includes
processes and technical trainings about
Rubber Plantation and how it will be manage.
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3. Name: RUBBER TREE
Scientific Name: Hevea
brasiliensis
HEVEA BRASILIENSIS, the
Pará rubber tree, often
simply called rubber tree, is
a tree belonging to the
family
Euphorbiaceae, and the
most economically
important member of the
genus Hevea. It is of major
economic importance
because its sap-like extract
(known as latex) is the
primary source of natural
rubber. (source wikipedia.org)
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5. SEEDS
Rubber tree seeds
complete germination
10-15 days after sowing
and produce hypogeal
seedlings.
Rubber tree seeds
possess a brilliant spotted
coat showing a
prominent caruncle and
usually are globate in
shape.
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15. The difference between budded
rubber and seedling rubber is:
Seedling rubber-has 60% latex
and 40% h²O(water).
Budded rubber-has 85% to 90%
latex and 10% to 15%
h²O(water).
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17. Distance for planting is 2x10 for
500 rubber plants or 3x8 for 416
rubber plants.
A=
H
D
A=
10,000
2 X 10
A=
10,000
20
A= 500
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18. Pruning – apply to the rubber if your
rubber age is 3 to 4 year from the start
of planting to maintain the good
tapping funnel and to make rubber
grow more trunk because if rubber
have more trunks it will have more
leaves so if rubber have more leaves it
will have more latex.
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19. Tapping-is important to
know because it is the basic
way you can get latex from
the rubber tree.
Time of tapping 5 am to 9
am .
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