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Highlights: cotton research conference

Redfern, Ruth

the industry's researchers and scientists got together in Toowoomba for the Australian Cotton Research Conference (proudly supported by CottonInfo partners CRDC and CSD).

The dynamics of Helicoverpa populations : can we predict ?

Fitt, Gary P., Dillon, Martin L., Gregg, Peter C., Zalucki, Myron P., Murray, , David A.H.

Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) and H. armigera (Hubner) have a number of characteristics which make them highly successful pests of numerous crops in Australia, including cotton (Fitt 1989).

Rearing egg parasitoids for use as biocontrol agents

Scholz, B.C.G., Maclean, S.A., Webster, , D.E.

This paper presents techniques used for rearing egg parasitoids on AGM eggs in an experimental facility at the QDPI Division of Plant Protection entomology laboratories in Toowoomba.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND TRANSGENIC COTTON PLANTS

Llewellyn, Danny J., Brown, M., Cousins, Y., Hartweck, L., Last, D., Mathews, A., Murray, F., Thistleton, J.

Traditional plant breeding techniques have had a major impact on the Australian cotton industry through the production of the widely successful CSIRO varieties Siokra and Sicala.

SIRATAC PEST MANAGEMENT TRIALS

Kelly, Craig, Cole, Michael, Brook, Ken, Hearn, Brian

SIRATAC users have the option early in the season of using standard thresholds or dynamic thresholds which vary between the standard level and an upper limit.