There are basically three ways of preventing cotton farm runoff from contaminating the riverine.

Previous research at Narrabri Agricultural Research Station and elsewhere has shown that mite populations increase more slowly on okra leaf cotton genotypes than on normal leaf genotypes (Bailey et al., 1978; Thomson,

Cottongrowers in central Queensland (CQ) enjoy no advantage over southern counterparts in the range of insect pests that attack their crop.

Documentation of crop yields and varieties in the Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show Irrigated Crops Competition since 1972 demonstrates the great advances achieved by cotton breeders as new varieties have been introdu

The Environmental Audit of the Australian cotton industry was a bold initiative at a period in time when the industry was under severe pressure from well organised environmental lobby groups.

Nowadays, most of us are aware that natural enemies (parasites and predators) sometimes play an important role in the control of pests attacking our crops.

Question: When is a cotton plant not a cotton plant? Answer: All the time. Healthy cotton plants are always part of a mycorrhiza.

As a first step in developing a community education program about IPM it was decided to assess the knowledge and perceptions of members of the rural community to the pest management practices.

In the arid and semi-arid regions of the world, irrigation has enabled previously unarable tracts of land to be used for a wide variety of agricultural activities.

Any agent which reduces damage caused by heliothis is a valuable asset.

A widespread problem of premature defoliation and physiological cut out of cotton has occurred in the Emerald Irrigation Area since the early 1980s. The problem was particularly severe in 1988 and 1989.

Most major pollution offences are criminal offences, which result in criminal proceedings against the offender. They are not civil proceedings commenced by another citizen for compensation.

Verticillium wilt of cotton is caused by a fungus (Verticillium dahliae) that infects the host plant via the roots and colonises the vascular system.

Assessment of cotton fiber quality has undergone a significant change during the past several years.

Farmers in Australia apply between 80 and 200 kg N ba-1 to cotton, but only part of this nitrogen is taken up and used by the crop, and the remainder is lost :from the plantsoil system.

Cotton fibre maturity has several definitions.

Macquarie Agribusiness report on the market for Australian raw cotton includes an overview of the Australian and world cotton industry.

Nitrogen management has to be good for best yields, but factors such as soil condition, irrigation and pest management may have greater effects on cotton yield than N rate.

A three year investigation is being undertaken at Massey University to study the effect of condensed tannins, heat and solvent extraction upon the nutritive value of cottonseed meal for ruminant and monogastric farm a