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Table V

Average statistics and phenotypic coefficient of variation (CV, %) for fibre length (mm) and fibre width (μm), fibre wall thickness (FWT, μm) and coarseness (μg/m) for the 20 clones.

Origin Clone Fibre length Fibre width Coarseness FWT

Mean ± sd CV Mean ± sd CV Mean ± sd CV Mean ± sd CV
F×F F48 1.82 ± 0.15 8.4 27.0 ± 2.1 7.9 152 ± 16 10.8 1.25 ± 0.07 5.4
F331 2.07 ± 0.10 4.8 28.9 ± 0.7 2.3 165 ± 5 2.9 1.26 ± 0.04 3.3
F311 2.03 ± 0.10 4.8 27.4 ± 1.0 3.8 161 ± 9 5.5 1.31 ± 0.03 2.0
F334 1.95 ± 0.07 3.8 28.1 ± 1.1 3.8 153 ± 5 3.3 1.21 ± 0.03 2.8
F337 1.86 ± 0.21 11.2 27.5 ± 1.7 6.1 152 ± 15 9.8 1.23 ± 0.06 4.8
F338 1.93 ± 0.15 7.6 29.9 ± 1.1 3.8 163 ± 11 6.9 1.21 ± 0.08 7.0
F345 1.89 ± 0.29 15.2 26.5 ± 2.1 7.9 139 ± 17 12.5 1.16 ± 0.08 6.9
F354 1.84 ± 0.11 6.2 26.6 ± 0.5 1.8 140 ± 5 3.9 1.17 ± 0.05 4.3
F374 2.02 ± 0.05 2.5 27.2 ± 0.6 2.1 151 ± 11 7.4 1.23 ± 0.07 5.8
F430 1.99 ± 0.14 7.0 28.6 ± 0.7 2.3 164 ± 13 7.8 1.28 ± 0.09 7.0

R×R R325 2.07 ± 0.10 4.7 27.3 ± 0.9 3.2 155 ± 10 6.8 1.26 ± 0.06 4.5
R330 1.97 ± 0.26 13.3 28.4 ± 3.3 11.7 167 ± 36 21.5 1.29 ± 0.13 9.7

F×S S371 1.98 ± 0.15 7.7 27.7 ± 1.7 6.2 161 ± 21 12.8 1.29 ± 0.10 7.6

F×L L373 1.88 ± 0.11 6.0 26.5 ± 0.9 3.3 144 ± 7 5.0 1.21 ± 0.07 5.5

F×G G380 2.03 ± 0.17 8.3 27.4 ± 1.3 4.8 153 ± 19 12.6 1.24 ± 0.11 9.1
G384 1.69 ± 0.29 17.4 25.9 ± 1.6 6.3 131 ± 23 17.3 1.11 ± 0.13 11.7
G477 1.77 ± 0.22 12.3 28.1 ± 1.9 6.6 149 ± 20 13.4 1.17 ± 0.10 8.5
G478 2.10 ± 0.15 7.3 28.5 ± 1.1 3.8 159 ± 17 10.6 1.23 ± 0.10 7.8

F×E E386 1.75 ± 0.39 22.5 27.8 ± 3.7 13.4 149 ± 36 24.2 1.17 ± 0.16 13.7

F×U U3030 2.08 ± 0.22 10.5 29.9 ± 1.4 4.6 175 ± 20 11.6 1.30 ± 0.11 8.7

Mean 1.94 ± 0.12 6.2 27.8 ± 1.1 3.9 154 ± 11 6.9 1.23 ± 0.05 4.4