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Hexaploid Cotton: Some Fiber and Spinning Properties 1
Author(s) -
Muramoto H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1973.0011183x001300030035x
Subject(s) - tenacity (mineralogy) , spinning , biology , fiber , gossypium hirsutum , interspecific competition , yarn , composite material , materials science , agronomy , botany
Fibers from a strain of hexaploid cotton derived from an interspecific cross of Gossypium hirsutum L. × G. sturtianum Willis were evaluated. Due to the short fiber length and other characteristics of the hexaploid, 16 tex yarns were the finest spinnable at the laboratory. The overall spinning performance of the hexaploid was poor. The only acceptable traits, to date, seem to be fiber and yarn tenacity.