The textile industrial chain all over the world is facing a challenge of differentiating\ncashmere fiber from mixture of wool and other fibers in case cashmere\nstocks are adulterated with wool or other fibers. For identification of cashmere\nin such mixtures, the development of microchip based real-time PCR\ntechnology offers a very sensitive, specific, and accurate solution. The technology\nhas been validated with cashmere and wool samples procured from\ndistant farms, and from cashmere goats and sheep of different age and sex.\nModel samples with incremental raw cashmere or wool content were tested.\nThe experimentally determined content was found to be comparable to the\nweighed content of the respective fibers in the samples...................
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