Methods for estimating fibre length and diameter in wool staples

Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-183

  Brown, D J ^a   Schlink, A C ^b   Crook, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dyeband; Fibre length; Image analysis; Wool growth measurement

Indexed keywords

FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER LENGTH; MEASURING; MERINO WOOL; WOOL FIBER;

EID: 0033492020     PISSN: 00437875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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