We are now in uncharted waters as to our best way forward; are we just experiencing a dry cycle or is this, the permanent weather pattern for the foreseeable future - "Climate Change"; nobody really knows.

Poster- Fleabane is an increasing problem in summer fallows and crops in minimal tillage farming systems., * Fleabane produces up to 375,000 seeds per plant., * Fallow weed control costs have doubled due to fleabane i

Nitrogen losses can be high from irrigated cropping soils, but these losses can be minimised with careful attention to N fertiliser management.

Plant parasitic nematodes are serious pathogens of cotton worldwide and have potential to increase the severity of vascular wilts.

* Cotton aphid and two-spotted mite were collected from Australian cotton growing regions and tested in the laboratory for insecticide resistance., * For the third consecutive season molecular testing was used to dete

Rotations are important to plant disease because they affect the survival and reproduction of plant pathogens and the biology and quality of soil.

The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Programme was established in 1990 to improve the effectiveness of Australia's research and development effort.

While the southern valleys of NSW present a great opportunity for expansion of the cotton industry, they also present unique challenges from a plant disease perspective.

In Australia, about 85% of cotton farmers grows transgenic (Bt) cotton. Bt cotton controls only Lepidopteran pests but is not effective against sucking pests. Control of these pests and also b Helicoverpa spp.

A new relationship between the Cotton Industry and Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) bodies has successfully capitalised on the implementation of NRM Best Management Practices within cotton catchments.

A simulation framework, VARIwise, is being developed to evaluate control strategies for cotton irrigation via lateral moves and centre pivots.

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Soil Sampling Guidelines for Cotton and Other Summer Crops.

Soil Sampling Guidelines for Cotton and Other Summer Crops.

The Natural Resources Information Management Toolkit (the Toolkit) has been prepared by the National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) and ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council (ANZLIC), to assist region

Aphids, once only a secondary pest in cotton are now a major problem for growers in some regions.

The program aimed to: *further develop indicators under the National Natural Resource Monitoring & Evaluation Framework including guidelines on collecting and collating data *develop information products to suppor

The Australian Shallow Waters Spectral Library initiates an Australia-wide, single method approach to remote sensing based habitat mapping.

This report outlines the R&D outcomes achieved under CRDC's 2003-08 Strategic R&D Plan.

This project aimed to discover and negotiate access to all existing GIS (electronic) ECM habitat maps, collate the GIS maps and then apply the relevant national classification schemes, develop new nationally consisten