Fig. 1From: Feasibility study of assessing cotton fiber maturity from near infrared hyperspectral imaging technique a Example of seed cotton with the presence of non-lint materials such as broken hulls, branches, and leaf pieces that are entangled with locule fibers. b Selected single locule fiber sample with cotton seed attached still, but without non-lint material; a U.S. 25-cent coin (24.26 mm in diameter) was included to compare the shape and size of locule fiber sampleBack to article page