2009 Final Reports

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Defining critical soil nutirient concentrations in soils supporting irrigated cotton in Northern NSW & Queensland

Klepper, Kaara (Queensland Department Of Primary Industries, 2009-06-30)

Soil nutrients, in particular phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), are being depleted in the clay soils supporting the grains and cotton industries of northern NSW and Queensland, especially in the deeper layers of the s

Memphis Cotton Classing School Grant

Hutchinson, Greg (HCF Farms - Greg Hutchinson, 2009-06-30)

This Travel Bursary helped me to attend the 2008 International Cotton Institute Course in Memphis, TN,

USA.

Features of course:

Analysis and optimisation of cotton fibre –specific gene promoters

Liu, Yinghong (University Of Adelaide, 2009-06-30)

Advances in our knowledge of the genes expressed in cotton fibres make biotechnology a viable means to improve fibre characteristics.

Travel: Sharon Downes - ICE 08, Durban, South Africa

Downes, Sharon (CSIRO Entomology, 2009-06-30)

The major output from this trip was to disseminate my latest research results to peers by presenting a spoken paper entitled "Frequency and characteristics of alleles conferring resistance to the Bt toxin Cry2Ab

The impact of biotechnology and other factors on health and safety in the Australian cotton industry

Frager, Lyn, Temperley, John (University Of Sydney, 2009-06-30)

The cotton industry in Australia had an early interest in pursuing improved safety and has included

presentations on cotton production health and safety at most annual cotton conferences since 1990