Fiber dimensions

Khabat Plantation

Pirde Plantation

Mean value

Mean value

5-year-old tree

10-year-old tree

5-year-old

10-year-old tree

Fiber length (µm)

679.66

682.17

655.31

680.56

Fiber diameter (µm)

10.64

13.41

13.53

13.31

lumen diameter(µm)

5.87

6.80

6.90

6.53

Cell wall thickness(µm)

2.38

3.31

3.32

3.38

Slenderness ratio

63.98

51.05

48.80

51.27

Flexibility

0.55

0.50

0.51

0.49

Runkel ratio

0.81

0.97

1.00

1.00