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The Harvesting and Ginning of Cotton

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Cotton Science and Processing Technology

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Cotton is going under extensive harvesting conditions all over the countries. Many factors such as variety, geographical climate parameters, traditional points, harvesting and storage experiences, moisture and trash content, and ginning technology are causative on fiber quality. The harvesting and storage time, harvesting methods and instruments, physical storage conditions, and tools are essential factors. One significant factor that affected the final quality of fibers is moisture content at the time of containerization. Fibers include seed cotton is being stocked and wait for the ginning and spinning process. The influencing the quality of the cotton lint and seed concerning varying yellowness, densities, trashes, and storage times should be investigated.

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    Mehran Dadgar

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    Hafeezullah Memon

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Dadgar, M. (2020). The Harvesting and Ginning of Cotton. In: Wang, H., Memon, H. (eds) Cotton Science and Processing Technology. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9169-3_4

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