Evaluation of flax accessions for high value textile end uses

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-28

  Harwood, Jane ^a   McCormick, Paul ^a   Waldron, Dennis ^a   Bonadei, Romano ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Filartex SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Fibre; Flax; Processing; Yarn

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPINNING (FIBERS); YARN;

COTTON SPINNING SYSTEMS; FIBRE PRODUCTION; FINER QUALITY FABRICS; PLANT MATURITY;

FLAX;

AGRONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; CULTIVATION; DESICCATION; DICOTYLEDON; GROWING SEASON; HERBICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

AGRONOMY; FLAX; PLANTS; SPINNING; YARN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

COTTON; CULTIVATION; FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER MANUFACTURE; FLAX FIBER; HERBICIDE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPINNING MACHINE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 36448954597     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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