Correlation between Pod Shape Traits and Its Fiber Quality of Wild Calotropis Gigantea

Seed fiber in the Calotropis gigantea (C. gigantea) pods is the most valuable component and can be developed into textile material. Cultivating high-yield and high-quality seed fibers for C. gigantea is one of the critical preconditions for its textile industrialization. In this paper, pods picked f...

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Main Authors: Yumei Cui, Longdi Cheng, Xiaohong Shan, Wenhong Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Natural Fibers
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2015.1029197