During the period May 2001 - June 2002 members of the weeds focus team, headed by the co-ordinating editor Dr Stephen Johnson, have worked to produce WEEDpak.

Water use efficiency is a key measure of an irrigation system and its management.

One aspect of the desire to improve the quality of the Australian cotton crop is to introduce new fibre quality instrumentation to supplement the current Mircronaire measurement.

Key factors in managing transgenic Bt cottons for the future are to have an effective

resistance management strategy. An essential component of any such strategy is to

The development of the CrylAc-resistant strains of H. armigera (BX and Is)

provides valuable models for evaluating the risks and consequences of field

The research into shield bug pests addresses an emerging issue resulting from a

reduction in the use of disruptive insecticide sprays on cotton, especially Ingard

Ongoing research at ACRI into cotton diseases confirmed the need for best practice to be exercised to avoid disease transfer from one location to another.The need for this was confirmed by pathology staff at ACRI who

Liz Dennis and Curt Brubaker were invited to attend the International Cotton Genome Initiative lCGl 2001 workshop in Montpellier France. Dr.

Many beneficial insects have been recorded in Australian cotton (Room (1979). These

include generalist predators and specialist parasitoids which attack key pests. The

Since the deregistration in many countries of most cyclodiene insecticides, the ongoing availability of endosulfan has become important as an alternative option in resistance management strategies of pest species.

Hands-on training in soil management was given to one hundred & seventy members of the Australian cotton industry at a series of 11 courses between October 1997 and

Fungal diseases of cotton, in particular Fusarium oxysprum f.sp. vasinfection, are important in Iimiting the yield and production of cotton in Australia.

Drip irrigation has been advocated as one way of improving both yield and water use efficiency for irrigated cotton.

Productivity of the Australian cotton industry is constantly threatened by reduced availability of irrigation water in eastern Australia.

Australian cotton production is in the process of adopting new trarisgenic

(INGARD) technology for managing heliothis and other caterpillars. INGARD

The fibre length and cellulose content are the two determinates of fibre yield and quality.

Increasing pressure from industry and environmental sectors has begun to force the

Australian cotton industry to rethink its approach to chemical application. This has

The CIE undertook the modelling analysis of the implications of changes in barriers for US production and imports offibre specific yarns, fabrics and apparel, US consumer expenditure on textiles and clothing, and Aust

The focus of much of the research in the Australian Cotton industry is to reduce the industry's dependence on synthetic insecticides.

Cotton provides about 55% of the fibre in textile manufacturing globalIy and is an important contributor to the Australian economy.