Sucking pests of cotton (aphids and mirids) that are expected to become more significant as the use of synthetic chemical sprays is replaced by the deployment of transgenic cotton.

Project objectives a * Prepare cDNA libraries from young cotton ovules at the time fibre cells begin to initiate.* Sequence 2500 clones from the cotton cDNA libraries

The CRDC provided $4,000 for DPI, specifically BIARC, to conduct field investigations and construct economic models to assess the potential for farming fish using water from farm ring-tanks.

Our network currently consists of 18 Campbell Scientific automatic stations spread across the Darling Downs (see enclosed map).

OBJECTIVES * Quantify and compare the population densities of beneficial soil fauna! groups in commercial irrigated cotton fields that are managed using conventional, lngard, and Envirofeast technologies.