The surface features of jute fibers at various stages of growth were studied. In the early stage, incomplete formation of the middle lamella and collapsing of cell walls occur. Fibrillar orientation in the secondary layer of early stage fibers is helically oriented. The angle of the helix gradually decreases with growth, and after 35 days and onwards, fibrils are almost parallel to the fiber axis.
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