Flax fiber for technical textile: A life cycle inventory

Flame retardancy of flax fibers by pre-irradiation grafting of a phosphonate monomer

“…However, these plant fibers have also several disavantages such as poor flammability properties [3][4][5]. Flax, which belongs to bast fibers, is one of the most widely used natural fibers in the textile market with a high added value [6].…”

Anticipating global warming effects: A comprehensive study of drought impact of both flax plants and fibres

“…In the last 20 years, the production of textile flax fibres and tows has increased considerably, and in 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAOSTAT, www.fao.org) estimated the total world production to be up to 1,000 k tons, led by France with 85% of the world textile flax fibre production (Gomez-Campos et al, 2021;Manian et al, 2021). The renewed interest in flax and other plant fibres used in areas other than textile applications, such as composite design and engineering, is due in part to global warming and the low environmental impact of flax fibre production, especially compared to synthetic fibres (Le Duigou et al, 2011).…”

Isolating Linum usitatissimum L. Nuclear DNA Enabled Assembling High-Quality Genome

“…However, the raw material for flax oil and fiber production provides much space for advancement [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. While wild relatives demonstrate a significant level of genetic diversity, domesticated flax forms are prone to undergoing the bottleneck effect in selected traits [ 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”