Table 3.

Bast fiber content (BCD in %), initial decortication efficiency (η_dec1 in %), total decortication efficiency (η_dec2 in %) and shives content after decortication (χ in %).

Variety	Harvest	Retting treatment	BCD	ηdec1	ηdec2	X
Carmaleonte	H1	Un-retted	31.1 ± 3.4 b	59.4 ± 23.7 ab	89.2 ± 10.8 bc	17.0 ± 14.4 bc
Carmaleonte	H1	Dew-retted	29.5 ± 3.6 bc	61.2 ± 22.0 ab	91.6 ± 7.9 bc	15.3 ± 12.2 bc
Carmaleonte	H2	Un-retted	30.4 ± 3.3 b	63.0 ± 25.6 b	91.8 ± 8.8 bc	14.3 ± 12.8 bc
Fédora 17	H2	Un-retted	25.8 ± 3.5 d	47.4 ± 23.2 a	80.1 ± 14.5 a	32.8 ± 19.1 a
Futura 75	H1	Un-retted	29.3 ± 4.1 bc	63.9 ± 18.9 b	89.0 ± 8.4 bc	19.6 ± 12.3 b
Futura 75	H1	Dew-retted	27.6 ± 3.1 cd	79.1 ± 11.7 b	95.9 ± 4.1 c	9.1 ± 8.1 c
Futura 75	H2	Un-retted	28.6 ± 4.0 bc	60.6 ± 10.7 ab	86.6 ± 9.2 b	23.1 ± 13.1 ab
Ivory	H2	Un-retted	35.5 ± 3.3 a	65.2 ± 19.7 b	91.2 ± 6.2 bc	13.4 ± 9.5 bc

Values within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the p = 0.05 level by Tukey post hoc test.