| ELO (%) | MIC | SFC (%) | STR (g/tex) | UHM (mm) | UI (%) |
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RIL Mean | 5.27 ± 0.15 | 4.60 ± 0.13 | 7.62 ± 0.32 | 29.86 ± 0.75 | 27.94 ± 0.51 | 83.48 ± 0.53 |
RIL Min. | 3.21 | 3.38 | 6.36 | 24.86 | 24.13 | 80.57 |
RIL Max. | 7.53 | 6.18 | 10.17 | 39.06 | 32.26 | 85.79 |
Parents Mean | 5.62 ± 0.14 | 4.65 ± 0.10 | 7.48 ± 0.17 | 30.43 ± 0.46 | 28.19 ± 0.25 | 83.70 ± 0.31 |
Parents Min. | 4.1 | 4.03 | 6.96 | 28.13 | 25.91 | 82.74 |
Parents Max. | 6.96 | 5.11 | 8.03 | 33.23 | 29.72 | 84.66 |
- ELO = percent elongation of fibers before breaking.
- MIC = a measure of fiber fineness or maturity by an airflow instrument that measures the air permeability of a constant mass of cotton fibers compressed to a fixed volume.
- SFC = short fiber content, calculated as the content (in%) of fiber shorter than 1.27 mm.
- STR = force required to break a bundle of fibers one tex unit in size.
- UHM = upper half mean fiber length, the average length of the longer one-half of the fibers sampled.
- UI = uniformity index, calculated as the (mean length/UHM) x 100.