Currently in Australia there are approximately 700 cotton germplasm accessions located with CSIRO, QDPI and a few private seed companies. My job during 88/89 season will be to obtain samples of all these accessions and to grow then in the field for seed increase and evaluation of morphological and fibre characteristics. Good quality seed will be harvested, dried to 6% moisture content, and stored in alfoil packets at -20oC. Seed stored under these conditions will remain viable for 20-50 years. Data collected on morphological and fibre characteristics together with passport data (pedigree, origin. etc) will be entered on our computer database.