The John Deere (JD) 7760 harvester has been taken up very quickly by the Australian cotton industry as these machines can harvest cotton virtually non-stop, making them very productive, requiring little labour as it d

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Transgenic (Bt) cotton has provided major benefits for the Australia cotton industry (e.g. control of Helicoverpa and reduced pesticide use), but the possibility of Bt resistance in these insects is a major threat.

Expansion will be determined by water availability in combination with markets.

In Australian agro-ecosystems pest dynamics are changing, synthetic insecticides production are declining and there is evidence of increasing pest resistance or tolerance to transgenic plants.

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The Australian cotton industry is now heavily reliant on genetically engineered Bt cotton for the control of Helicoverpa spp. and other moth pests.

On New Year's Day 2011, the peak of the Cornet River flood in Central Queensland

broke long standing record levels. The alluvial lower floodplain of the Comet River is

In 2010, CRDC received a PRP from the Primary Industries Education Foundation (PIEF) to consider an investment.

Even though large scale planting of Bt cotton started a decade ago, consequences on a landscape-scale have hardly been studied. Helicoverpa armigera and H.

In response to the APVMA regulatory review of diuron, this project was initiated in response for two main purposes.

The Australian cotton industry has benefited greatly from the introduction of the transgenic Bolgard II cotton.

Report from the Administration Officer, MCGA: I have recently taken up the reins of Macquarie Cotton Growers Association and, besides being on a steep learning curve, I am also following up on a few loose ends, one of

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Enhancing the Efficiency of Bt Refuge Crops within a Changing Cotton Environment

This report covers the trip to attend the Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable (held 22/9), the ITMF ICCTM meeting (held 23/9) and the 2011 ITMA held September 22nd- 29th.

Plant growth promotion is a complex phenomenon that often cannot be attributed to a single mechanism, as most PGP microbes are capable of multiple mechanisms and in some cases their PGP effect may only occur through i

This project aimed to improve cotton irrigation WUE using dynamic deficits to (i) avoid plant stress and maximize yield and (ii) make the most effective use of in-crop rainfall.

Gomeroi Country extends broadly from the Qld / NSW boarder region to Tamworth, Aberdeen/ Muswellbrook, Coonabarabran and Walgett. The Gomeroi people are the traditional owners of this Country.

Drip irrigation/fertigation (“advanced fertigation”, “open hydroponics”) is being adopted by

the Australian citrus industry. Hardware sophistication and the complexity of management