This project funded the travel for one researcher to present information on Australian cotton fibre quality (spinning and dyeing quality) at ACSA EMD tour seminars in India.

This research sought to determine why differences in dye uptake may occur between cottons with near identical fibre properties.

The dyeing of cotton is influenced by chemical and physical interactions between dye molecules and the substrate, many of which are not well understood.

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Many cotton growers are asking Why can't Australian cotton mills spin more cotton?" Many hundreds of thousands of bales of cotton are imported into Australia as finished yarns and fabrics - why can't th