The Australian Cotton Industry is now in the midst of dealing with both glyphosate resistant and tolerant weeds in the cotton system.

Herbicide damage is an ever increasing challenge for much of the cotton industry due largely to:

. the increasing complexity in the farming system (with a wide range of herbicides used),

The Spring 2011 edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, looks at how growers can give their crops the best chance of success from the start of the season and highlight the latest publication and resource

The introduction of glyphosate tolerant cotton has significantly improved the

flexibility and management of a number of problem weeds in cotton systems.

Resistance to poses a threat to the continued sustainable production of cotton that transgenic agriculture has enabled.