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Article: Deconstructing Cotton's Fibers.(Agricultural Research Service)(Brief Article)
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- Agricultural Research
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Defects in processed cotton fabrics resulting from lint fiber imperfections cost U.S. textile makers millions annually. Now researchers are closing in on the biochemical bases for cotton lint's success as a durable, widely used natural plant fiber. This may help them further improve strength, uniformity, and other fiber properties desired by textile and clothing makers.
The scientists--working with Glycozyme, Inc., of Irvine, California--are modeling lint fiber's biochemical and physiological development in cotton bolls. Using samples collected from California, Mississippi, and South Carolina cottonfields, they're compiling data to show how environmental factors ...