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.

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

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

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

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

The conference was held on the 23 - 27th of August, 1994 in Silsoe, UK.

A growth disorder of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum) occurs in irrigated cracking clay soils in cotton growing regions of northern New South Wales.

Vertosols are the main soil type on which cotton is grown in Australia. Eighty percent of irrigated cotton is grown in retained hill.

OBJECTIVES: 1. To study sampling and control practices for mirlds in irrigated and dryland cotton.

Project Objectives: Part A: (i) To study the effect of wet/dry cycles with drying by evaporation alone in ameliorating degraded furrows in retained hill cotton (at the Fressor site).

This report summarises the findings from the CRDC funded project "Managing soils to avoid compaction problems in cotton growing". The project ran from 1989/90 to 1991192.

Annual Report 1994-1995

Cotton fibres are differentiated from single ovule epidermal cells and grow synchronously, initiating at about the time of anthesis.

The cotton plant has two main sets of traits that contribute to its resistance to pests: (1) chemical (e.g. gossypol) and morphological defences (e.g. okra-leaf) and (2) compensatory mechanisms for regrowth (e.g.

In March 1995 I attended two Keystone Symposia, "Frontiers of Plant Morphogenesis" and "Signal Transduction in Plants", held concurrently at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Frontiers of Population Ecology Meeting program and abstracts

This report arises from a scoping brief presented to the author on 19th May 1995.

This project aimed to continue the steady improvements in developing improved cotton varieties adapted to Australian growing conditions and markets