RELATION OF COTTONSEED FUZZ INDEX AND SOME FIBER CHARACTEISTICS TO FIBER - SEED ATTACHMENT FORCE IN EGYPTIAN COTTON VARIETIES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Cotton Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ejar.1993.466146

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to determine the rela­tive importance and contribution of cottonseed fuzz index, micronaire reading and fiber stiffness to fiber-to- seed attachment force in Egyp­tian cottons. Eight commercial Egyptian cotton varieties were tested and the results were analyzed by using the path coeffiicient analysis. It was found that fuzz index, micronaire reading and their interactions, were the most important characteristics related to fiber - to - seed at­tachment force, while fiber stiffness did not show considerable relation­ship to fiber - to - seed attchment force.