Work in the area entitled ‘Agronomic management to optimise textile performance’ is aimed at strengthening research and extension linkages between breeding, agronomic management and post-harvest fibre quality researchers, and industry in order to improve the quality and value of Australian cotton.
In this project, lint is taken from agronomic, farming system and breeding trials and processed through to finished yarn and fabric, with the aim of better understanding the direct influences of production practice and cultivar type on textile performance. In this regard the research employs a wide range of textile test protocols (new and standard) to elucidate the potential of new cultivars and/or agronomic management options. For example, the work is utilizing new fibre quality measuring instruments SiroMat and Cottonscan to identify and help the breeding of fine, mature cultivars. The research overlaps and links with many other CSIRO and Cotton CRC post-harvest research areas, including research into ginning, neps, and cotton contaminants.
Results of the research are also used as examples for students undertaking the CRC Field to Fabric Training Course that is run in Geelong, as well as being integrated into
FibrePak, Released in August 2009.
For more information please contact:
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Dr Michael Bange
CSIRO Plant Industry
Locked Bag 59
Narrabri NSW 2390
Australia
Email: michael.bange@csiro.au
Phone: 02 6799 1540
Fax: 02 6793 1186
Mobile: 0428 991 540
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Dr Robert Long
CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
P.O. Box 21
Belmont, Geelong VIC 3216
Australia
Email: robert.long@csiro.au
Phone: 03 5246 4000
Mobile: 0428 167 477
Fax: 03 5246 4057
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