About 1,000,000 tons of textile fibre wastes are generated each year in Australia, of which about 900,000 tons goes to landfill.

Since the introduction of transgenic cotton in 1996 a robust resistance management plan (RMP) has been in place which works in consort with an insecticide resistance management strategy (IRMS).

Water use is an important and well researched issue in the cotton industry.

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) causes serious losses to cotton production in many countries, such as India and Pakistan.

Both neonicotinoid seed treatments provided ineffective control against resistant cotton aphid. Further use of these treatments against resistant populations may exacerbate resistance.