The causatives and potential solutions to fiber breakage at cotton gins was considered in eight studies which included both single fiber and bulk fiber evaluations. The following findings were the most important across the studies: 1) the force required to break the fiber averaged 1.8 times greater than the force to extract it from the seedcoat but this difference was non-linear and was less at low moisture and more at high moisture contents, 2) during field exposure, fiber breaking strength declines more rapidly than fiber separation force, 3) fiber exposure to temperature above 350 degrees F causes irreversible fiber damage, 4) the adverse effect of fiber exposure to temperatures less than 300 degrees F can be mitigated by the addition of moisture before ginning, 5) when fiber moisture increases one percentage point, fiber breakage decreases 0.5 percentage points, and 6) fiber breakage is much greater at 350 degrees F than at 300 degrees F, and 7) fiber length is reduced at a particular moisture content as drying temperature increases.