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Abstract
Italian sheep breeds, either local or native, produce about 14,000 tons of greasy wool per year included in the range of moderate to poor quality wools. In order to exploit neglected local textile resources, this study focused on a preliminary descriptive analysis of wools from some Italian native sheep breeds by measuring diameter and length of wool fibers. Variability emerging from data was described using multivariate techniques. A graphic description of different wools was provided by applying cluster analysis in order to distinguish wool characters by sheep breeds and clearly identify wool groups according to fiber variables.
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This work was partially supported by the project MED Laine “A la recherche des couleurs et des tissus de la Meéditerranée” (2009–2011) in the framework of the EU Cross-border IT-FR Maritime Programme (2007–2013) and was conceived in order to promote innovative actions supporting agricultural, craft textile manufacturing and tourism SMEs of some rural areas of Sardinia, Tuscany, and Corsica. Part of the work was also supported by the project “Sustainable Textile Chain” (FTS) funded by Italian National Research Council (2011).