Naturally colored cotton for wearable applications

Naturally colored cotton (NCC) offers an environmentally friendly fiber for textile applications. Processing white cotton fiber into textiles requires extensive energy, water, and chemicals, whereas processing of NCC skips the most polluting activity, scouring-bleaching and dyeing; therefore, NCC pr...

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Main Authors: Marina Naoumkina, Doug J. Hinchliffe, Gregory N. Thyssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1350405/full