Situated in the Dry Tropics, the Burdekin is Australia’s largest tropical irrigation area and is home to a vibrant range of agricultural industries.

The project has developed three practising certified myBMP auditors. There are currently no growers waiting for a certification audit.

‘Assuring industry capacity to manage the stewardship of biotechnologies and crop protection products’, is a key tactic within the CRDC’s 2012-12 Annual Operating Plan.

A pilot project was initiated to employ four Aboriginal trainees to work on cotton farms in the Narrabri district.

Poor crop establishment compromises productivity and may necessitate the expense of replanting.This project has demonstrated that thin biodegradable film may have a place in the cotton production system; soil temperat

Building growers capacity to adopt and adapt innovation ensures the outputs of research have the greatest impact.

This project will assist the cotton industry to reduce its impact upon the environment and improve the health of its soil resource and achieve its aims to use fertiliser inputs more efficiently.

This project sought to create a forum which brings together all levels of the cotton industry

in the Macquarie Valley and from across all geographical areas of the valley, giving a

The objectives of this project were to compare results from Uster Technologies IntelliGin system, an in-line leaf, colour and moisture monitor for cotton ginning, with leaf and colour grade results from the standard H

Cotton is a relatively new irrigated crop in Southern NSW and has proven to be financially profitable.

The objective of purchasing a Nikon stereo microscope was to improve the capability of identifying

pathogens of cotton. More than 40 samples for diagnosis have been received at the Ecosciences

Field surveys of insect populations in agroecosystems reveal low but significant levels of tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt) toxins without mutational changes in resistance alleles.

Irrigated cotton production in Australia is predominately (80%) based on furrow irrigation.

"When schools, families & community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer & like school more" (Henderson & Mapp, 2002)

Within cotton plants nutrients are taken up by roots and partitioned between plant structures.

The initiative aims to encourage more young people into the cotton industry by demonstrating the diversity of employment opportunities available within cotton production in Australia.

The cotton industry relies on HVI measurements of cotton fibre quality for commercial trading. The current scoping study has confirmed the influence of cotton fibre length on the HVI Strength measurement i.e.

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is caused by a complex of different begomoviruses and DNA-β satellite molecules. Both the viruses and the satellites are transmitted by the Silverleaf whitefly (SLW).

CRDC's Annual Operating Plan for 2013-14 (AOP): the first annual operating plan under the CRDC's Strategic R&D Plan 2013-18.

The Australian Cotton Production Manual 2013 is a critical reference tool for cotton growers.