Question

explain retting in 75 words

Answer 1

Retting is a process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins surrounding bast-fibrebundles, and so facilitating separation of the fibre from the stem.[1] It is used in the production of fibre from plant materials such as flax and hemp stalksand coir from coconut husks