This is a Cotton Research and Development Corporation funded three year project toconsider the follong areas and address the issues developed below.Aims:To continue and develop the work begun in the existing project which focuses on residue handling in back to back cotton and rotation crops while optimising the control of diapausing heliothis pupaeTo visit growing areas (irrigated and rainfed) and confirm a basis for other machitiery needs in the industry, including planting and cultivation equipmentField test equipment changesSeek backing from commercial entities to limit funding drain of research moneysPursue the involvement of commercial manufacturers where appropriate to help in the adoption of improved technology.To monitor commercialisation of a fully tested computer based guidance system