Helicoverpa spp. moths continue to pose significant pest management problems for Queensland cotton growers. To address the Helicoverpa spp. problem the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) was successfulin securing funding from the Queensland Treasury for a new initiative entitled Supporting Green Industries. The objective of this new initiative was to develop new tools and techniques that could be used to better manage Hencooerp" spp. more sustainably and reduce the cotton and grainsindustries dependence on insecticides.

A significant feature of the new initiative was the establishment of Biopesticide and Chermical Ecology Units led by Dr's Caroline Hauxwell and Chiis Moore

respectively. These units were chartered to investigate and develop biopesticides and chemical compounds that have potential for Helicoverpa spp management.

The purpose for this project was two fold. A major objective was to field test and evaluate the technologies developed by the Biopesticide and Chemical Ecology units. The second objective was to develop and test novel field control options for Helicoverpa. spp that could be incorporated into an Area Wide Management program for Central Queensland.