Understand how to grow Fibre Crops
Agronomy VI- Fibre Crops helps you learn more about growing fibre crops for product that can be used in material, rope and other items.
This course helps you learn about the many options for growing fibre crops, for modern and traditional crops that can be grow to produce materials.
Over ten lessons, you will learn about different crops, how to grow crops and the needs that different crops have to produce an optimum yield.
Lessons covered in this course:
Lesson 1: Scope and Nature of Fibre Crops
Introduction
Fibre Properties
Fibre Uses
Types of Fibre Crops
Commercial Viability
Assessing Land Characteristics
Assessing land suitability
Broad Acre Farming
Crop Production Considerations
Production Systems
Crop Rotation and Management
Cover Crops
Crop Islands
Lesson 2: Cotton – Part 1
Cotton Production
Sustainable Agriculture
Crop Rotation
Conservation Tillage
Insects and Diseases
Insects
Aphids
Armyworm
Cotton bollworm
Cotton Diseases
Fungal Diseases
Viral Diseases
Bacterial Diseases
Pesticides and insecticides
Cotton Life Cycle
Types of Cotton
Better Cotton Initiative
Genetic modification
Lesson 3- Cotton - Part 2
Cotton Fibre Properties
Improving Properties of Cotton Fibre
Flexural testing
Industrial Use of Cotton
Cotton Fibre in Clothing
Wicking
Cotton - Milkweed blends
Ginning
Coloured Cotton
Textile Dyeing
Load Bearing Materials
Harvesting
Cotton Pickers
Cotton Strippers
Cotton Ginning
Uses of Cotton
Lesson 4- Jute
Types and Properties of Jute
Jute Production
Climatic requirements for Jute
Jute Characteristics
Genetic Yield Improvements
Pests and Diseases
Harvesting
Uses and Consumption
Lesson 5- Industrial Hemp
Terminology
Types and Properties
Cultivation
Countries of Production
Climate
Soil Fertility
Water
Pests and Diseases
Cost
Genetic Modification
Harvesting
Uses and Consumption
Geotextiles
Fabric
Carbon Capture
Phytoremediation
Hempseed
Building
Paper
Cannabidiol
Lesson 6- Sunn Hemp and Kenaf (Deccan Hemp)
Sunn Hemp
Properties
Cultivation
Soil Fertility
Water
Cost
Phytoremediation
Pests and Diseases
Genetic Modification
Harvesting
Retting
Uses
Fibre
Weed Control
Green Manure
Biofuel
Kenaf (Deccan Hemp)
Types and Properties
Cultivation
Countries of Production
Climate
Soil Fertility
Water Requirements
Pests and Diseases
Harvesting and Processing
Uses and Consumption
Textiles
Food
Sustainable Material
Soil Structure
Paper
Lesson 7- Flax
Types and Properties
Cultivation
Countries of Production
Climate
Soil
Water Requirement
Pests and Diseases
Genetic Modification
Harvesting
Processing
Uses and Consumption
Fabric
Bio Composites and Industrial Materials
Paper
Bioplastic
Food
Lesson 8- Leaf Fibres and Grass Fibre
Abaca and sisal fibres
Abaca
Types and Properties
Production and Cultivation
Pests and Diseases
Harvesting and Processing
Uses and Consumption
Sisal
Sisal Cultivation
Harvesting and Processing
Uses and Consumption
Grass Fibres – sugarcane and bamboo
Sugarcane
Properties
Sugarcane Culture
Growing & Production
Soil Conditions
Ratooning
Tillage
Crop Rotation and Break Crops
Harvesting
Burn-offs
Sugarcane Straw
Sugarcane Yield Limitations
Pests and Diseases
Pathogens
Uses and Consumption
Sugar
Energy
Bioethanol
Bioplastics/Biomaterials
Paper and containers
Other Uses
Alcohol – Rum
Bamboo
Types and Properties
Cultivation
Pests and Diseases
Harvesting and Processing
Uses and Consumption
Food
Fuel
Medicine
Building Material
Furniture, Household Items and Accessories
Clothing
Paper
Lesson 9- Fruit Fibre - Coir
Types and Properties of Coir
Coir Production and Cultivation
Countries of Production
Climate
Soil Fertility
Water Requirement
Cultivars
Pests and Diseases
Harvesting and Processing
Uses and Consumption
Cordage
Horticulture
Construction material
Biocontrol
Lesson 10- Fibre Processing and the Fibre Future
Fibre Quality
Retting
Biological Retting
Dew Retting
Water Retting
Enzyme Retting
Chemical Retting
Mechanical Retting
Physical Retting
Drying
Fibre Future
Hybrid Composites
Geotextiles
Building Industry
Car Interiors
Genetic Improvements
Other Fibre Sources