The good news is that nutgrass can be controlled. The bad news is that successful control is a long-term venture.

I would like to focus on what I believe to be some of the most important issues now and in the future for the irrigation industry and, in this particular instance, the cotton industry - - whilst however keeping in min

Commercial cotton crops throughout NSW have been surveyed in November and March of each season since 1983 to determine disease distribution, incidence and severity.

International trade in organic produce is now estimated to be worth around US$40billion per annum Of this, Australia produces in the vicinity of $40m each year2 and it is expected to become nearer to 10 percent of tot

Thrips are important pests in Australian cotton and are also key predators of spider mites.

A research project at the Australian Cotton Research Institute, Narrabri aims at developing biocontrol agents for cotton seedling diseases and Verticillium wilt.

Use of fertilizers and insecticides in cotton production has increased to the extent that cotton production is losing its profitability against other field crops.

Since the late 1940s, synthetic herbicides have provided effective and economical control of many weeds.

The specific aims of this project are to: I) establish a repeatable field survey scheme of key soil variables influencing cotton production in the lower Namoi, Gwydir and Macintyre valleys; 2) obtain a quantitative st

A vision guidance system has been designed, built and commissioned which steers a tractor relative to the rows of a crop such as cotton .

It is probable the I.P.M. of the future will rely heavily on predators, parasites, pheromones, food sprays and deterrents, and that these systems will be developed at least in part in these organic fields.

Premature senescence caused by potassium deficiency has been most severe on soils that are considered deficient or marginal in potassium for cotton growth ie.

Permanent beds are becoming popular in the cotton industry, but problems remain with matching equipment and tyre sizes to the beds and furrows.

The Total Catchment Management ("TCM'') philosophy was formalised in NSW in 1980 with the passing of the Catchment Management Act which provides a clear legislative base for the operation of TCM Committ

There are both anecdotal and well documented reports indicating that unsprayed cotton can be profitable.

In this article I will chiefly focus on the this problem on soils with adequate levels of soil potassium.

Watertable rises resulting from irrigation are evident in several areas in the Murray Darling Basin, with groundwater level rises of up to 70 cm per year being reported in the Riverina and 50 cm in the Lower Macquarie

In 1994, the Australian cotton farmer must use a wide range of costly chemicals to harvest a profitable crop. These chemicals vary significantly in their degree of hazard. Some chemicals (e.g.

Raingrown cotton is becoming a very important component of the Australian industry: the relative proportion of the crop grown with rain has been increasing over the past ten years.

The irrigated cotton industry in Australia has been developed around major river systems to allow water to be pumped to farm storages and then recirculated on farm using flood irrigation techniques.