ABSTRACT
The objectives of this paper were to describe the advanced fiber information system (AFIS) in terms familiar to cotton breeders and to present AFIS and HVI data from familiar cotton cultivars. The AFIS utilizes very small samples and provides a wide range information including complete length and diameter distribution, trash and nep content, and fineness and maturity measurements. This information is currently used primarily for process control in textile mills. It is unlikely that AFIS will be used in the foreseeable future as a decision aid in the purchase of cotton because the analysis is too time consuming. However, breeders could use AFIS information in late stages of cultivar development to select among genotypes for traits that are important to the textile industry, but not measured by traditional methods. Examples of AFIS data from current cultivars are presented.
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