Riparian land is usually the most fertile and productive part of the landscape: providing benefits to both agriculture and the natural environment.

The suspected importance of pyrethroid metabolism in resistant H.armigera. made the investigation the biochemical basis of pyrethroid resistance in H. armigera imperative.

The Australian cotton industry relies heavily on chemical pesticides for management of a diverse array of pest insects, weeds and diseases.

The Bureau of Rural Resources has estimated the area in central Queensland potentially suitable for raingrown cotton production at 60-80,000 ha.

For a long time, pest control In the cotton industry has depended on a narrow range of broad-spectrum insecticides.