Within cotton plants nutrients are taken up by roots and partitioned between plant structures.

In response to the APVMA regulatory review of diuron, this project was initiated in response for two main purposes.

Over the last decade, grape growers in SE South Australia have had their water entitlements

converted to volumetric allocations, experienced a reduction in annual rainfall and seen a

During 2008‐2011, the Australian Cotton industry faced numerous challenges when it experienced significant drought over a number of years, followed by crippling floods in late 2010, early 2011.

Report from the Administration Officer, MCGA: I have recently taken up the reins of Macquarie Cotton Growers Association and, besides being on a steep learning curve, I am also following up on a few loose ends, one of

Even though large scale planting of Bt cotton started a decade ago, consequences on a landscape-scale have hardly been studied. Helicoverpa armigera and H.

Barbara Grey is an irrigated cotton farmer from Mungindi, in SW Qld, and the 2011 Rural Women’s Award Winner for Qld, and National Runner-up.

Aspects of this project were delivered in collaboration with the GRDC project BGC00001 “Raising awareness of drift reduction techniques.”

The result of this project is that Cotton Seed Distributors will form a Joint Venture with CRDC and Cotton Australia to; as explained by Bruce Finney CEO of CRDC, “ Build on and expand the resources to the Development

Plant growth promotion is a complex phenomenon that often cannot be attributed to a single mechanism, as most PGP microbes are capable of multiple mechanisms and in some cases their PGP effect may only occur through i

Recycling of textile wastes gives the fibre a second life in a rejuvenised life cycle and thus increases the total value of the fibre.

This project has delivered on two key areas.

Due to the large percentage of Boll disorders and diseases that have occurred in Central Queensland Cotton production system in recent years, growers and advisers are attempting to find some answers to eliminate the r

This report covers the trip to attend the Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable (held 22/9), the ITMF ICCTM meeting (held 23/9) and the 2011 ITMA held September 22nd- 29th.

This project has provided valuable information on both the management of key pest species and management of flooded cotton for the cotton industry during the period 2010-2012.

Herbicide damage is an ever increasing challenge for much of the cotton industry due largely to:

. the increasing complexity in the farming system (with a wide range of herbicides used),

PICSE continues to expand.

*In 2012, discussions are well advanced with three new tertiary partners (University of Western

The 2011 season is the first season of commercial cotton production in the Ord region for 10+ years, making this year a suitable time for establishing baseline frequencies and severities of endemic diseases.

Within the national framework for biosecurity, all commonwealth and state governments and plant industries who are signatories to the Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed (EPPRD) formally committ to preparations that in

The Cotton Research and Development Corporation approached the MacIntyre Valley Cotton Growers Association (MVCGA) to undertake a human capacity project to receive a $10,000 grant.