title: Plant trash in linters and willowed picker: materials used in the cotton garnetting industry.
abstract: First cut linters and willowed picker, used in cotton garnetting, were examined for content of cotton bract an other plant trash. Bract was found to be a minimal contaminant of the trash of first cut linters. A significant amount of bract (about 9% of the trash) was present in willowed picker. Cotton seed hulls, a valuable oil mill by product, contained an insignificant amount of bract trash.
mesh_terms: D002095:Byssinosis / Q000209:etiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D003368:Gossypium / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010316:Particle Size; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis; D013783:Textile Industry