Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 4-7, 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana

Cotton Quality Measurements Conference

An Enzymatic Process for Removal of Stickiness of Honeydew Contaminated Cottons
Ravikrishnan Manjeri Ramakrishnan, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy, Aparna Srinivasan, Aditya Ravikrishnan

Morphological Defects of Living Cotton Hairs in Developing Cotton Boll
Viktor A. Krakhmalev, Adkham A. Paiziev

Nep Size Distribution in Cotton During Processing
Malgorzata Matusiak

Micronaire, Maturity and Fineness Research
Joseph G. Montalvo, Terri VonHoven

In Search of the Mystic Cotton Fiber Maturity: A View from the Microscope
Wilton R. Goynes

A Preliminary Report: Fuzz and Pilling Surface Changes on Cotton Fabrics Measured by LineTech Industries' Image Analysis System
Tobias Jackson, Norma M. Keyes, Patrick Harris, Judy B. Holden

Examination of Fiber Neps Count During Yarn Manufacturing
Gonca Ozcelik, Erhan Kirtay, Ilteris Murat Derici

A Comparison of Cotton Maturity by Different Methods
Iwona Frydrych, Malgorzata Matusiak

The Effect of Wet-Dry Cycles on Cotton Fiber Friction
Gary R. Gamble

Trash Identification at the Card
Jonn A. Foulk, David D. McAlister

International Developments in Cotton Classification
James Knowlton

Evaluation of Key Hypotheses Associated with HVI and AFIS Fiber Quality Measures
Ramsis Farag

An Innovative Method for Measuring Objective Total Fabric Hand
Yehia Elmogahzy, Fatma Selcen Kilinc, Monir Hassan, Ramsis Farag

An Investigation of the Interference Colours Transmitted by Mature and Immature Cotton Fibre Under Polarised Light Microscopy
S. G. Gordon, N. L. Phair

The Between Instrument Performance of Two Upgraded FMT Machines
G. R. S. Naylor, A. M. Abbott, B. Aspros, S. R. Lucas

Update on Cottonscan: An Instrument for Rapid and Direct Measurement of Fibre Maturity and Fineness
G. R. S. Naylor, M. Purmalis

Fine Study of Cotton Fiber: Methodology and Feasibility
Jean-Yves Drean, Houda Benzina, Omar Harzallah, Anthony Bunsell

Analysis of Cotton Fiber Cross Sections
Eric Hequet, Bobby Wyatt

CATI : Application of Image Analysis Systems for Seed Coat Fragment Detection and on Other Fibre Characterization
Jean-Paul Gourlot, Lawrence Hunter, Mohamed Boubaker, Michel Giner, Jean-Yves Drean

Sampling Issues For Cotton Fiber Quality Measurements ; Part 2 : Impact on Cotton Testing Instrument Results
Jean-Paul Gourlot, Edward Gerardeaux, Richard Frydrych, Gérard Gawrysiak, Philippe Francalanci, Eric Goze, Jean-Yves Drean, Rui Liu

The H2SD: Inter-Laboratory Test Results
Eric Goze, Serge Lassus, Bruno Bachelier, Richard Frydrych, Jean-Paul Gourlot

Correlation Between Surface Characteristics and Honeydew Stickiness
Narjes Rjiba, Asma Amara, Jean-Yves Drean, Michel Nardin, Richard FRYDRYCH

Reducing Stickiness on Honeydew Contaminated Cottons Using Overspray
Donald E. Brushwood

Comparison of Small Trash Measurements between Imaging Techniques and AFIS
Murali Siddaiah, S. E. Hughs, Michael Lieberman, Jonn A. Foulk

Quick Summary of the Latest Moisture Restoration at the Gin Study and of a Microbial Check Study on the Population Densities on ëDiscolored' and ëClean' Cotton
David T. W. Chun, David D. McAlister

Fiber Quality Variation within a Cotton Plant as Affected by Genetics and Environment
Daniel R. Krieg, Eric F. Hequet

Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton: How Soon a Reality?
Terry P. Townsend

Field Weathering Effects on Selected Cotton Fiber Quality Parameters in the Texas High Plains
Mark Kelley, Randy Boman, Eric Hequet, Alan Brashears

Influence of Cotton Fiber Morphology and Spinning Process on the 3D Loop Shape of Weft Knitted Fabrics in Terms of Friction, Roughness and Thickness
Marc RENNER, Marie Ange BUENO

Determination of Fiber and Product Quality through Small-Scale Processing Trials: Fiber to Yarn
C. D. Delhom, X. Cui, J. H. Campbell, D. P. Thibodeaux

FQEL: Laboratory Data Validation
Jacqueline H Campbell, Christopher D. Delhom, Devron P. Thibodeaux

Evaluation of Shaffner Technologies Isotester
Gretchen Deatherage

Evaluation of Porosity and Comfort in Knitted Fabrics
Fatma Selcen Kilinc, Burcak Karaguzel, Bhupender S. Gupta, Yehia Elmogahzy

Neps in US Cottons
Patricia Bell

Development of NIST - Traceable HVI color measurements
Devron Thibodeaux, James Knowlton, Jacqueline Campbell

A Microscopic System for Automated Detection of Dead Cotton Fibers
Bugao Xu, Yaxiong Huang

A 3D Scanning System for Fabric Fuzziness Evaluation
Bugao Xu, Wurong Yu

Cotton Quality: White Speck Neps from Fiber to Fabric
Patricia Bel, Bugao Xu