SIRATAC is an on-line computer-based pest management system for irrigated cotton. It makes recommendations for insect control on the basis of samples collected from individual management units.

A survey form asking the cost of weed control, the major weed problems and the herbicides used was sent to fifty two cotton growers from the seven major cotton areas of New South Wales.

The growth of grain legumes into Australian farming systems has been increasing in the 1980’s. Part of their value in crop rotations is their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in symbiosis with Rhizobium.

This project is a joint initiative of the MDBC and the cotton industry to determine an appropriate model for the introduction of an industry wide environmental audit and certification scheme.

Soil compaction in the cotton industry has been identified as a major limitation to crop growth. This led to the establishment of several CRDC funded research projects dealing with the management of soil compaction.

The initial phase of the project was devoted to the selection and testing of analytical techniques for assessing total nitrogen and leaching losses, and gaseous losses of nitrogen by ammonia volatilization and denitri

The development of population dynamics models of heliothis populations in multi cropping systems required information on reproductive development, longevity and lifetime fecundity of adult female Heliothis in order to

A technique to identify the host crop of Heliothis moths by analysis of elemental content has been progressively developed over several seasons(CRC Project CS13L, Fin 1986).

Techniques for the examination ad assessment of the physical condition of a soil in the field have been available for some time – Peerlkamp1967, Strutt 1970, and MAFF 1973.

A technique to identify the host crop of Heliothis moths by analysis of elemental content has been progressively developed over several seasons (CRC Project CS13L, Fin 1986).

The cotton industry is one of the most technologically advanced agricultural industries in Australia.

This study determined the genetic basis of pyrethroid resistance in Heliothis armigera and characterised those factors that lead to cyclical fluctuations in the frequency of resistance in field populations.

In Australia the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is regarded as a major pest of cotton. However, neither the pest status nor the ecology of spider mattes on cotton has been studied.

Research on irrigated soils used for cotton production at the Agricultural Research Centre, Narrabri, over the past six years has identified several areas of concern.

Field work was conducted over the 1988/89 and 1989/90 cotton growing seasons in the Central Highlands of Queensland. Pheromone dispensers, specially formulated for P.

In January 1983, pyrethroids failed to give satisfactory field control of Heliothis (Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) at Emerald in central Queensland.

Water in open channels is subject to high evaporative losses. Some 701 gigalitres of

water is lost annually through evaporation from channels in Northern Victoria.

During 2002 and 2003 the Australian Cotton Industry through the then CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology Division with the support of the Australian Cotton Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) and the Australian Cotton S

Investigation allowing for means of better processing long fine Australian cotton and further

improving ginning efficiency was accomplished. Research was conducted in New South