The development of decision support systems to assist cotton growers is a key part of

facilitating sustainable cotton cropping within Integrated Pest Management principles.

Pedotransfer functions, which predict difficult-to-measure soil properties, such as hydraulic, properties, from more easy-to-obtain soil properties, such as texture and organic matter, content, have been widely develo

Cotton is currently the only crop whose transgenic varieties are used in large-scale production in Australia.

Abstract and poster format of research relating to project CSP105C was presented at the International Conference held in Colorado, USA, as part of the Keystone Symposium series.

The floral organs and wounded leaves of Nicotiana alata, the ornamental tobacco, produce a serine protease precursor molecule (NaPI) which is cleaved into six individual inhibitors of 6 kDa.

When faced with attack by disease-causing organisms, plants rely on an elaborate surveillance system that detects pathogens and triggers a battery of defences to protect the host.

The objective of the project was to provide additional temporary accommodation for personnel and equipment. A 36sq meter demountable building was purchased and located adjacent to insectary number 2.

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.

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.

Funding toward the purchase of an atomic absorption spectrometers (with flame and graphite furnace facilities). The instruments were purchased from Vanan Australia

Genetic engineering techniques allow the transfer of novel genetic material from one organism to another and hence has the potential to augment classical plant breeding techniques by extending the gene pool accessible

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

Agricultural aircraft are of great importance to the Australian cotton industry. Specialised

Australian cotton production is in the process of adopting new trarisgenic

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

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 efficacy of Bt cotton plants against field populations of Hencove, :po grinigero has not been consistent over the growing season.

Feasibility trials conducted showed that the addition of lubricant helped preserve fibre length during lint cleaning.

Black root rot is caused by the soil borne fungus Thielaviopsis basicola, which

causes disease in over 137 species of plants (Honess at a1. , 1994). T basicola

The need and motivation for a workshop on modelling water movement in cracking soils arose out of the National Program on Irrigation and Development(NPIRD) Project DAN11,

White specks (undyed neps) in dyed fabric samples are a quality problem that arises from neps of immature cotton.