Summer Scholarship Report - Diurnal movement of mirids in response to lynx spiders

1) The fit of new insecticides into integrated pest management. Selection of insecticides can have a

big influence on both control of the target pest as well as on beneficials, and the risk of secondary

Within highly mechanised agricultural productions systems such as the Australian cotton industry, operational energy inputs represent a significant cost to growers.

Excess moisture on the crop before harvest can have detrimental effects on the

modern harvest process in terms of picking efficiency and the ability to store seedcotton

Deep drainage (DD) - water that passes beyond the root zone - can be an important

contributor in terms of recharging ground water as well as leaching salts from the root

There are many critical issues facing the cotton industry, ranging from drought and water supply; yield and profitability; fibre quality and export price; nutrition; sustainability-catchment management, and BMP implem

Thielaviopsis basicola, a phytopathogenic filamentous fungus, is the causative agent of black root rot in a variety of host plants, including the economically important crop, cotton.

Black root rot is a recognised threat to the cotton industry, yet current management strategies are insufficient for disease control.

The first exposure the cotton industry had to linking industry developed training programs to the vocational education sector occurred between 2002‐2005, with the funding of an extension project called the IPM Trainin

A project investigating the molecular and histological effects of silicon application on cotton infected with Fov was inspired by promising preliminary results obtained by Dr Linda Smith (QPl&F) in glasshouse and

Assessing changes in resource conditions is seen as an essential element for evaluating the impact of public and private investment in natural resource management(NRM) outcomes.

Advancing Water Management in NSW was initiated by industry and government in recognition of the importance of investing in a highly effective extension team to assist the cotton industry improve water use efficiency.

In recent years mirids and stinkbugs have emerged as important sucking pests in cotton. While stinkbugs are causing damage to bolls, mirids are causing damage to seedlings, squares and bolls.

A set of Environmental Performance Indicators (EPls) have been developed that provide

a means of scoring soil health; water quality; biodiversity, industry health; and carbon

As there was a considerable contingent of Australian delegates to this conference, this report will focus on the past harvest sessions with a particular emphasis on fibre quality and ginning.

The Australian cotton industry has developed high yielding and high quality fibre

Cotton aphid and two-spotted mite have the potential to cause dramatic reductions in the yield and fibre quality of cotton. Management of these pests is strongly dependent on insecticides and acaricides.

Geographical factors are defining the extreme variability in climate and water supply in Australia and, in the past, this was used as a rationale for the construction of large irrigation projects to deliver water to r

The effects of rotation crops and stubble management on soil quality, carbon sequestration, deep drainage, nutrient leaching, yield and profitability of succeeding cotton in irrigated and dryland Vertosols was studied

In 1996, a set of guidelines called the “Australian Cotton Industry Best Management Program”, or Cotton BMP for short was developed.