A comparative study of yield components and quality of common Indian bast fibres

Maiti, R K and Chakravarty, K (1977) A comparative study of yield components and quality of common Indian bast fibres. Economic Botany, 31 (1). pp. 55-60. ISSN 0013-0001

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Abstract

A study of vegetative phase, yield components, and general quality of a variety of bast fibre crops indicates that under similar conditions these crops show differences in growth and quality parameters. Knowledge of these differences may be useful in proper selection, breeding, and improvement of any fibre crop and may also help in selecting a particular fibre crop to suit a multiple cropping programme. Some newer fibre crops have been described which may prove useful as a source of fibre outside the jute belt. Admixture of suitable bast fibres with jute may be experimented to meet the shortfall in raw jute for the industry.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Vegetable fibres, Yield components, Fibre crops, Plant height
Subjects:	Others
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2016 05:05
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2016 05:05
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9661
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02860653
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	The authors thank the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for providing facilities for this study. Appreciation is likewise expressed to N. N. Moitra for his help in collecting field data.
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