Question

what is retting???????​

Answer 1

The retting process, also known as degumming, involves the extraction of fiber bundles from the harvested stem. To date, several retting methods are applied; the most traditional, still widely used approaches, i.e., water retting and dew retting (Tamburini et al. 2004) are based on the microbiological retting.

Answer 2

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-fibre bundles, and so facilitating separation of the fibre from the stem.