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Pest Management in Central Queensland

Titmarsh, Ian, McColl, Angus

Cottongrowers in central Queensland (CQ) enjoy no advantage over southern counterparts in the range of insect pests that attack their crop.

Foraging of egg parasitoids after release against heliothis in dryland cotton.

Scholz, B.C.G.

Recent research has indicated that two species of native egg parasitoids, Trichogramma (Trichogrammanza) carverae Oatman and Pinto and Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Nagaraja, have potential as biological control agents o

Causes of fruit loss from cotton: 1991/92 season.

Fitt, Gary P., Tann, Colin, Richardson, Debbie

In the 1991/92 season we started observations in both sprayed and unsprayed plots of different cotton varieties to record the numbers of fruit lost during the season and to identify the causes of shedding.

Development of resistance to insects in Australian cotton varieties.

Fitt, Gary P., Mares, Cheryl L., Wilson, Lewis J., Thomson, Norm J.

The reliance of the Australian cotton industry on insecticides for the control of insect pests represents a major economic and environmental concern. In the face of pesticide resistance in H.

entomoLOGIC and hydroLOGIC - WHAT'S HAPPENING?

McKewen, L.D., McFarlane, S.D., Madden, W.R.

A change of direction for entomoLOGIC and some improvements to hydroLOGIC will provide growers and consultants in the 1992/93 season with effective, low cost decision support systems for irrigation and pest management