It has now been 11 years since the introduction of the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy in the 1983/84 season.

A research project at the Australian Cotton Research Institute, Narrabri aims at developing biocontrol agents for cotton seedling diseases and Verticillium wilt.

Since the late 1940s, synthetic herbicides have provided effective and economical control of many weeds.

There have been claims that the addition of lime to irrigated heavy textured clays have improved soil conditions and yields.

The specific aims of this project are to: I) establish a repeatable field survey scheme of key soil variables influencing cotton production in the lower Namoi, Gwydir and Macintyre valleys; 2) obtain a quantitative st