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Philippines: further work on banana fibres for clothing

16/04/2010

Researchers at the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) have discovered the potential of six banana varieties as new sources of clothing fabric. A study conducted by Marites de Leon, a senior science research specialist at the PTRI, found that the trunks of six banana cultivars—saba, lakatan, bongolan, pakil, saksik, and tordan—have high...

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