Fiber and Yarn Quality of New Cotton From Texas

C. Faerber and J. Gannaway


 
ABSTRACT

Through conventional breeding procedures, four experimental cotton varieties were developed at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University, Lubbock, Texas. Each of the four genotypes and a Paymaster HS 26 control were spun into fine-count rotor yarns for knitting and weaving under high-speed conditions to exploit the technological potential implicated by measurements of fiber quality parameters. The yarns were evaluated in terms of physical and appearance characteristics, processing behavior, and spin limits, and they were compared to worldwide quality standards. Spinning a series of different yarn counts provided for analysis of the cottons' responses to changes in yearn linear density.

This report is a summary of a partnership project which was conducted to evaluate these cottons in terms of their utility value to the textile mill irrespective of agronomic and thus economic viability on the cotton production side. This report is presented in its entirety in the section of the conference proceedings related to Textile Processing.



Reprinted from 1995 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conference pg. 551
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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