In the past three years two biological control agents, new to Australia, have been discovered attacking cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii.

In some major producing countries, up to half of the returns to cotton farmers come from government subsidies.

Many Australian cotton growers sow rotation crops after irrigated cotton assuming that they will improve soil quality, reduce pest and disease incidence, and maintain profitability of cotton.

The weed spectrum of many areas in the Australian cotton industry is not well documented.

White speck neps cause significant financial losses to the textile industry and the following studies look at several factors that may affect white specks.

The majority of cotton growers in the Australian cotton industry are familiar with an integrated approach to insect pest management.

Cotton planted into cereal stubble has numerous benefits over conventional planting methods, such as reducing soil erosion, reducing pesticide and nutrient movement, and improving soil condition (Waters and Sequeira 2

Cotton fibres, or lint, are very long single cells containing almost pure cellulose. The fibres develop in the weeks after flowering from single cells on the surface of the young seed.

Cotton production in Australia is a high-tech industry.

Dryland salinity is on the increase in the upper catchments of the central and northern river valleys of New South Wales (Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council- MDBC, 1999).

Malvaceae weeds are becoming an increasingly significant problem in Australian cotton farming systems. Narrow and wide leafbladder ketmia, Hibiscus trionum var. trionum and and Hibiscus trionum var.

Precision agriculture (PA) as a crop management philosophy was first hypothesised in the early 1990's as a way of utilising the development of technology such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) and variabl

Beneficial insects play a vital role in the cotton ecosystem and are a realistic management tool in Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Fusarium wilt of cotton, caused by the soil-borne fungus - Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis vasinfectum (Fov), is a worldwide disease of great economic importance.

This paper explores some specific short-term impacts of reductions in water available for cotton irrigation. It is noted that longer term impacts are much more difficult to determine.

The Australian cotton growers for the past 5 years have come to realise the important role beneficial insects play in managing pests in their cotton farms.

In the last 5 years there has been a dramatic and exciting shift in pest management approaches in Australian cotton, away from reliance on broad-spectrum insecticides as the main line of defence against pests, toward

Many of Australia's broadacre crops have or will have herbicide tolerance traits added in the future.

The Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre in association with the Cotton Research and Development Cooperation have funded a number of soil inventory projects which have produced enormous amount of soil data.

The Assassin Bug, is a natural enemy that is showing considerable promise in controlling Heliothis and plant-sucking bugs in cotton.