Micronaire Measurements on Seedcotton and Cotton Fiber, In and Outside of Laboratory Using Micro NIR-Infrared Instruments

Wednesday, January 6, 2016: 11:00 AM
Galerie 4 (New Orleans Marriott)
Jimmy Zumba , USDA-ARS
James Rodgers , USDA-ARS-SRRC
MICRONAIRE MEASUREMENTS on SEEDCOTTON and COTTON FIBER, IN and OUTSIDE of LABORATORY USING MICRO NIR-INFRARED INSTRUMENTS


Jimmy Zumba and James Rodgers

Cotton Structure & Quality Research Unit (CSQ), Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, LA 

2016 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1/5-7/16

ABSTRACT

 Micronaire is a key quality parameter in cotton fiber. NIR-spectroscopy has the ability to measure micronaire in and out of the laboratory. New very small microNIR instruments have recently been introduced. A program was established to measure micronaire in and outside the laboratory on seedcotton fiber and cotton lint using micro portable handheld NIR-Infrared instruments. Preliminary results are very encouraging and details will be discussed.