Beneficial insects (generalist predators and parasitoids) occur within cotton agro ecosystems in Australia, but farming systems do not always encourage their survival.

This report presents the experimental works and outcomes of my study on the project “IPM

in BollgardII® cotton‐New tools and strategies: A Farming: Systems Approach” under the

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Wincott – the Women’s Industry Network Cotton – has achieved all the objectives of this project.

In 2002/03 these chemicals were tested for Helicoverpa species control: Abrade® 50% a.i. (Grow Choice Pty. Ltd), Azamax® 1% a.i. (OCP Pty. Ltd.), BASF320 200g a.i.