TAM B139-17 ELS
- TAM B139-17 ELS is an extra long staple upland cotton germplasm line with irrigated UHM fiber length equal to or exceeding 1.33 inches (33.8 mm, 42 staple) and often exceeding 1.375 inches (34.9 mm, 44 staple)
- the minimum UHM fiber length of pima cultivars.
- average fiber length under severe drought in 2006 was 1.24 inches (31 mm, 39 staple)
- this ELS line has fiber bundle strength exceeding that of Fiber Max 832 and Deltapine 491
