Represention of CRDC role as the Co-Ordinator of the 2015/16 AES School based trainees programme.

The 2nd Australian Cotton Research Conference was held in Toowoomba at University of Southern Queensland, from 8-10 September 2015.

This project is part of the Wincott Development program for women in cotton.

In June 2014, irrigation researchers met in Narrabri for IrriCOMM. This workshop arose from discussion

between CSIRO, CRDC and NSW DPI about irrigation research. The tools that irrigators are using to

This research PhD study is required to intensively study molecular genetic techniques to better understand and then detect neonicotinoid resistance in cotton aphid.Since the introduction of Bt-cotton, secondary pests

The Improving energy efficiency on irrigated Australian cotton farms project has developed resources for cotton growers to reduce their energy consumption, updated the cotton industry's myBMP energy module, deliv

This project built on many years of weeds work supported by CRDC and value added to earlier research, while providing strategic information to growers in support of MyBMP, based around updating WEEDpak.

The drought from 2006/07 through 2008/09 seriously impacted the Australian ginning sector. A large number of experienced people left the industry due to the short seasons and having only a handful of gins operating.

Ecosystem services are the benefits that humans get from the environment. Many ecosystem services are relevant to cotton production (e.g.

Capital expenditure under the Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Action on the Ground project “Determining optimum N strategies for abatement of emissions for different irrigated cotton systems” resulte

Technological innovations in the cotton industry are advancing mechanisation and seeking to create improved efficiencies of labour and energy inputs.

The cotton sector has prioritised workforce development for strategic investment by setting human capacity building as a goal and defining a strategy to plan for future industry capacity needs.

Bee hives are sometimes placed near cotton fields where there is a risk that they will be exposed to pesticides such as fipronil.

Water is the most limiting input in irrigated cotton production. Compaction reduces access to the soil water resource and reduces soil health.

This project supported the training and development of auditors for myBMP, the refinement of the myBMP auditing framework, and rationalisation and clarification of practices to be audited.

Transgenic cotton was introduced to Australia in 1996 with Ingard® which was replaced by Bollgard II® in 2004/05.

The Cotton Field Awareness map is an industry initiative which has been designed to highlight the location of cotton fields, was first intitiated by the sponsors in 2012/13.

Current nutrient management strategies are based primarily on the concept of cost effective nutrient management (i.e.

Black root rot, caused by the pathogen Theilaviopsis basicola is an important disease in Australian cotton.

Climatic variability, typified by erratic heavy-rainfall events can cause soil waterlogging and yield losses in irrigated cotton.