Fibre quality management includes on-farm and post-farm gate practices. Variety

selection, irrigation management, crop nutrition management, disease management, pest

This project was established to look at various aspects of insecticides in cotton and the factors that would directly affect decision making. Helicoverpa spp. are still the primary pests of cotton in Australia.

Industry Development Officer (IDO) of Gunnedah is part of the National Extension Service. This position has been successful in increasing technology adoption by local growers.

The need for a comprehensive and integrated weed identification and management guide for the Australian cotton industry has long been recognised.

The aim of the project was to provide cotton advisers and leading growers in the Hillston district (lower Lachlan Valley, NSW) with the latest information about soil assessment and management for the sustainable produ