Travel funding to attend the Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in March 2017 in Spain for one researcher.

The cotton industry relies on GM cotton expressing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). This provides resistance to key pests of cotton, the bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and the native budworm H.

The potential for chilling conditions in many Australian cotton growing regions during early growth and development stages demonstrates the need for assessing cold tolerance of cultivars.

High temperature stress adversely affects the growth, development and ultimately yield of cotton.

There are significant price and profitability challenges for Australian cotton at present and likely into the future.