Outline/Question The effectiveness of the Bt refuge strategy relies not only on the production of susceptible moths in refuge crops, but also the movement of these moths within the Bt cotton landscape.

To quantify and explain patterns of soil compaction caused by cotton pickers and to develop a set of practical recommendations for minimising soil damage during harvesting operations.

Standard techniques for monitoring conventional insecticide resistance in Helicoverpa armigera originally developed for broad-spectrum contact insecticides involved topical bioassays of insects in the F0 generation.

Cotton gin trash (CGT) collected from Australian cotton gins was evaluated for bioethanol production.

Issue being addressed A complex of soil pests can cause crop establishment problems in newly sown cotton crops even where seed dressings are used.