Q.Describe the types of fibres.

Botanically, a fibre is simply a long, narrow, thick-walled plant cell, and plant fibres are classified practically by end use — textile fibre (fabric, netting, cordage: cotton, hemp, jute), brush fibre (brushes and brooms: palm fibres), plaiting fibre (hats, baskets, furniture: cane, Vitex, Lantana) and filling fibre (stuffing pillows and cushions: silk cotton, Calotropis). Cotton, the world's most important non-food commercial crop and cultivated for about 8,000 years, comes from four species split between New World (G. hirsutum, G. barbadense) and Old World (G. arboreum, G. herbaceum) origins, and feeds textile, hosiery and hospital-goods industries. Jute, drawn from two cultivated Corchorus species of African and Indo-Burmese origin, is a major Gangetic-plains expo …