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National Cotton Extension Development & Delivery - Stewardship of Biotechnologies and Crop Protection

Ceeney, Sally (Ceeney Agricultural Consultants Pty Ltd, )

This project continues to build on the work of previous project SC1301 during a critical time for the industry in promoting and improving stewardship of Bt and insecticides.

National Cotton Extension Development & Delivery – stewardship of biotechnologies and crop protection

Ceeney, Sally (Ceeney Agricultural Consultants Pty Ltd, )

Transgenic cotton was introduced to Australia in 1996 with Ingard® which was replaced by Bollgard II® in 2004/05.

Mangement of mirids, stinkbugs and Solenopsis mealy bug

Khan, Moazeem (Queensland Department Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry, )

Solenopsis mealybug is an emerging pest of cotton in Australia.

Completion of Burdekin Cotton Feasibility Study

Grundy, Paul (Queensland Department Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry, )

Situated in the Dry Tropics, the Burdekin is Australia’s largest tropical irrigation area and is home to a vibrant range of agricultural industries.

Area-wide pest suppression in transgenic landscapes

Schellhorn, Nancy (CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences & Sustainable Agriculture Flagship, CSIRO Entomology, )

Even though large scale planting of Bt cotton started a decade ago, consequences on a landscape-scale have hardly been studied. Helicoverpa armigera and H.