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Woody Core Fiber Length, Cellulose Percentage, and Yield Components of Kenaf 1
Author(s) -
Adamson W. C.,
Bagby M. O.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1975.00021962006700010015x
Subject(s) - kenaf , hibiscus , stalk , cultivar , cellulose , pulp (tooth) , fiber , yield (engineering) , malvaceae , fiber crop , agronomy , horticulture , biology , botany , materials science , composite material , medicine , biochemistry , pathology
If kenaf lines differ in woody core fiber length and cellulose content, it may be possible to increase the pulp quality of kenaf through breeding. Forty‐eight cultivars, breeding lines, and accessions of cultivated kenaf ( Hibiscus cannabinus L.) were analyzed for differences in woody core fiber length and monethanolamine (MEA) cellulose, yield, and plant size. All commercial cultivars of kenaf in the test had relatively short woody core fibers. In the breeding line with the longest woody core fibers, such fibers averaged 0.19 mm longer than those of the longest‐fibered cultivar, a significant difference. Mean woody core fiber length showed negative correlations with yield, plant height, stalk diameter, and MEA cellulose. Kenaf lines and cultivars did not vary greatly in MEA cellulose, and the commercial cultivars were near the middle of the range. MEA cellulose showed positive correlations with stalk diameter and plant height.