The Australian cotton industry occupies a niche market in optimal fibre quality, but this must be constantly developed in order to “stay ahead”.

Travel and Conference Participation - Pacific Rim Conference on the Biotechnology and Environmental Impact of Bacillus thuringiensis, Victoria, British Columbia.

To achieve a greater understanding of the regulation of cotton fibre differentiation, more fundamental information is needed on the signals and mechanisms associated with fibre initiation.

Despite the long history of cotton production and research, little is known about the genes that control the initiation and growth of the cells on the outer surface of the seed that become fibres.

This project aimed to investigate the expression and function of a number of genes that we believed were involved in the production of the secondary chemical gossypol in cotton.