Resistance is seen as a manifestation of the most basic property of life, namely the capacity of organisms to evolve in response to changing environmental conditions and to adapt to new circumstances.

Over the last quarter of a century, as problems in relying completely on pesticides for control of insects have become apparent, there has been renewed interest in the possibility of breeding cottons less susceptible

Commercial cotton crops in the major New South Wales production areas were inspected during the 1983/84 growing season.

Catches in pheromone traps can provide two types of information of interest to growers and researchers.