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Processing Quality of San Joaquin Valley Cottons

C.K. Bragg, C.L. Simpson, S.E. Hughs, H.B. Cooper, and Dick Bassett


 
ABSTRACT

In a two crop-year project, eleven major varieties of California cotton (approved and grown in the San Joaquin Valley over a 50-year period) were planted, harvested, ginned, and processed to study variety-related trends in fiber quality factors and textile quality factors. Results from both crop years indicate yarn quality has improved significantly because of improvements in fiber quality; however, shifting textile quality concerns indicate that further emphasis should be placed on improving cotton quality characteristics that contribute to defects (such as white specks) in textile products.



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 424 - 430
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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