This report is based on data gathered with the assistance of the membership of Cotton Consultants Australia Inc. (CCA) and covers all major cotton growing regions in Australia.

The handbook is divided into two parts and nine sections. It is anticipated that growers will want to refer more frequently to sections on ground spraying technology, safety, handling and application.

Aim: To build a new glasshouse to provide a facility for basic research into plant I herbivore interactions

This document is designed to assist users to develop a spray and drift management plan for their own farming operation, and applies equally to aerial and ground applications.

Aims * To evaluate treatments that inhibit or restrict microbial degradation to cotton when the seed cotton harvest is delayed by wet weather.

Project Aims: 1. To provide full time support for computer hardware and network services at ACRI, Narrabri. 2. Facilitate the connection of industry users to on-line services developed by the Cotton CRC. 3.

This study has investigated the role of esterases in conferring pyrethroid resistance in Australian populations of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa annigera.

HIGHLIGHTS * Participation in a conference with 632 delegates from 47 countries addressing all aspects of cotton production. * Presentation of a paper entitled ..

Following standard CSIRO Tender Procedures, a new John Deere 8100 Tractor was purchased from Peel Valley Machinery Service, Narrabri against CSIRO purchase order number BP004778 dated 9September1999 at a cost of $121

Original aims of the project are listed below: (i) To continue evaluation of the insect resistance of a range of cotton genotypes, including lines derived from crosses of promising HPR varieties with high yielding com

Project Aims: Purchase a new portable photosynthesis system to support projects investigating cotton responses to waterlogging, heat tolerance, insect damage, nutrient supply and exogenous hormones

This study used molecular biology approaches to investigate the biosynthesis of gossypol at the genetic level.

There were at least ten commercial fields of Ingard in the 1996/97 season with low efficacy pre flowering and requiring up to three insecticide sprays.

The project aims are: * Construction of additional cages to isolate field-collected strains of A. gossypii. * Establishment of additional base-line data.

This project was designed to: * Review all available sources of analytical and research data regarding the binding and potential for remobilisation of endosulfan on bottom sediments * Based on the results of the revie

PROJECT OBJECTIVES To monitor pyrethroid, endosulfan, organophosphate and carbamate resistance in H. armigera and H. punctigera. from all cotton areas and to refine resistance management strategies.

Plants in Action ADAPTATION IN NATURE, PERFORMANCE IN CULTIVATION

Aims * To quantify the relationship between cotton plant spatial arrangement and soil water dynamics, and its effect on raingrown cotton yield and quality.

Research in this project was conducted over 3 years to investigate a range of issues related to improving the management of pests in cotton, especially through the early season.

List the project objectives:Improve efficacy of pesticides by increasing the amount of spray reaching the target by reducing the losses due to evaporation of spray before it reaches the target.