CRDC project UNE15C provided for travel to Perth for The International Symposium on the Management of mycorrhizas in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.

A Magellan Nav pro 5000 receiver and external antenna kit was bought and tested. The unit has recorded the locations of soil pit and disease sampling sites.

Funds tor Ivan Kennedy and steven Kimber to attend Australian cotton conference 1992

Travel to cotton conference Karyl-Lee West, Lindsay Campbell

I have been in Australia to attend 'the 1992 Australian Cotton Conference' in Qld and to visit the Cottonseed Mill of Cargill Oilseed at Narrabri , last August.

Dr Daly attended the Fifth Cotton Conference, Broadbeach, Queensland, 12-14 August, 1992. She authored two papers for inclusion in the Proceedings: Daly, J. 5ndosulfan resiS1ance in Helicoverpa armgera, pp 353-368.

There are, few parasitoids which specifically attack the pupal stage. This is perhaps understandable since pupae are not readily accessible, being in the soil.

Retained hills are now a well-established management strategy in the Australian Cotton Industry.

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

HOTEL CONRAD AND JUPITERS CASINO, BROADBEACH, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND ORGANISED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COTTON GROWERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC. (ACGRA

Obviously, avoiding trafficking wet soil is one means of avoiding soil structural damage. Another is to use a vehicle with lower ground pressure, by using dual tyres, wide tracks, etc.

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

The importance of Heliothis has grown with the advent of resistance in H.armigera to various pesticides.

This paper outlines the requirements to effectively operate a Controlled Traffic farming system, with emphasis on the need for some form of automatic steering assistance for farm machinery.

We have conducted a series of experiments at Trangie, Warren, Narrabri and Moree to examine the use of shallow leading tines in conjunction with rippers. Ripper depths of 300, 450 and 600 mm have been investigated.

As more than 94% of the Australian crop is exported, the world situation has greater bearing on the outlook for the Australian grower than most of his competitive counterparts who have the benefit of their own large d

In the 1991/92 season we started observations in both sprayed and unsprayed plots of different cotton varieties to record the numbers of fruit lost during the season and to identify the causes of shedding.

The companion project to SOILpak, "Soil management training for advisers to cotton growers" has made a good start in familiarising consultants and agronomists with structural recognition.

I have been asked to address three major points: I . Why is risk management important? 2. Does a grower nee-d to know all the details of a market before he can become involved with risk management? 3.