The Australian cotton industry is cominttted to developing and improving its competitiveness, profitability and sustainability that ultimately leads to econointc development and job creation in rural and regional Aust

To attend the first First International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (ISBCA) in Hawaii, January 2002 (re-scheduled after September 11, 2001 events).

The Objective: To compare the deposition and drift profiles of the Spectrum electrostatic system at 10 L/ ha with Micronair AU 5000 units at 30 LAia fitted to a fixed wing aircraft using fluorometric techniques.Result

The concepts associated with Integrated Pest Management (IPM) are central to insect control and management across the Australian cotton industry.

H. armigera and H. punctigera are important pests of cotton in Australia.

Industry Development Officer (IDO) of Warren is part of the Australian Cotton National Extension Team.

This is capital item funded by the CRDC to support CRDC funded project CSP140C 'The impact of temperature extremes on cotton performance'.

The silver leaf white fly (Bemisia tabaci B type) is a world-wide pest on many crops, with a particular appetite for cotton.

This project was established to look at various aspects of insecticides in cotton and the factors that would directly affect decision making. Helicoverpa spp. are still the primary pests of cotton in Australia.

The role of a Trainee Industry Development Officer working with grower groups in the Border Rivers region, has given a good understanding of cotton industry issues and grower practices.

The cornmonly used Micronaire value for cotton is related to both fibre fineness and maturity. There is a need for a new measurement technique to separate these.

The cost of running and maintaining cotton experimental trials at ACRI is a cost that has increased over years of research as more trials have evolved.

CRDC document 'Triple Bottom Line Highlights' indicates the following successes pertaining to insect management, especially the adoption of IPM and AWM:

The health status of male farmers in Australia, especially injury related is worse than their urban peers.

The Cotton Rivers and Climate Change project assesses the impacts of climate change on water resources in the Gwydir, Border and Condamine-Balonne River Systems of north-east NSW and southern Queensland.

The assassin bug, Pristhesancus plagipennis (Walker) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) is a, natural enemy of bug and larval insects in both orchard and field crops. Several, studies have suggested that P.

The project initially aimed at assessing the potential of Eretmocerus mundus (APF) as a control agent for silverleaf whitefly (SLW).

A brief outline of the Trial Method is detailed with results presented graphically in Final Report

- Treatments applied using a hand held 2 metre wide flat boom fitted with 3 TX2 hollow cone

Trap cropping is an established technology within many IPM systems for a broad range of

crops. Successful trap crops act as diversionary hosts for key pests, attracting and

Helicoverpa spp. moths continue to pose significant pest management problems for Queensland cotton growers. To address the Helicoverpa spp.