CRDC Final Reports Submissions

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Postgraduate: Rhiannon Smith. Benefits of establishing and managing native vegetation on cotton farms in the Namoi Catchment

Smith, Rhiannon (University Of New England, 2011-06-30)

Biodiversity, ecosystem service provision and human well-being are inextricably linked.

Significance, mechanism and new management strategies of inducible tolerance

DuBois, Chelsea, Schmidt, Otto (University Of Adelaide, 2011-06-30)

Insects can respond to selection pressure by mobilising new defence mechanisms.

Quantifying deep drainage in an irrigated cotton landscape

Ringrose-Voase, Anthony (CSIRO Land And Water, 2011-06-30)

Deep drainage below the root zone is still the least understood component of the water balance, especially in cracking clay soils.

Travel: Lewis Wilson Trip for BollGard II and Pest Management

Wilson, Lewis (CSIRO Plant Industry, 2011-06-30)

Travel to the USDA Kika De La Garcia Agricultural Research Centre at Weslaco in South

West Texas. This is an area of mixed cropping that includes cotton, sugarcane, soybean, corn,

Standardization of Ginning (BMP)

Van Der Sluijs, Rene (2011-06-30)

If Australia is to maintain its reputation as a consistent supplier of high quality cotton it

will need to ensure that the entire cotton pipeline from growing to ginning and from

Attending Kondinin Group's farming ahead conference Sydney

Mulligan, Lyndon (Lyndon Mulligan, 2011-06-30)

The theme of the conference centered on organised grower groups and where they fitted in the agricultural research landscape.

Capturing our understanding of soil water balance and deep drainage under irrigation in models - basis of design of efficient farming and for assessing impacts on catchments

Silburn, Mark, Foley, Jenny (Queensland DEEDI, 2011-06-30)

The cotton industry and other investors have spent millions of dollars on ‘water balance’

related research over the past two decades. While soil water balance models can be used

Field to Fabric Course - 4 recipients 2010

Watson, Andrew, Stevenson, Neil, Foster, Michael, Corish, Nigel (Corish Farms Pty Ltd, Auscott Ltd, Elders Rural Services, Andrew Watson, 2011-06-30)

The Cotton export market is highly competitive and when it comes to quality Australia needs to be the world's best.

Summer Scholarship: Water Savings in Broader-check Irrigated Pastures with Fully Automated Fast Flow Irrigation Technology

Anthony, Kevin (University Of Melbourne, 2011-06-30)

Water consumption in the irrigation sector has a perception of being a high water consumer, these perceptions are not wrong. Currently it represents 53% of total water consumption in Victoria (ABS, 2010).

Soil management for irrigated agriculture

Cockroft, Bruce (Soils Research Pty Ltd, 2011-06-30)

The project’s research has developed a new system of soil management. Eight fruitgrowers have set up fruit trees in commercial areas using the system.

Management of Mirids and Stinkbugs in Bollgard II

Khan, Moazzem (Queensland Department Of Employment, Economic Development And Innovation (DEEDI), 2011-06-30)

In Bollgard® II cotton 2-5 sprays are required to manage mirid and stinkbugs every season.

Helicoverpa spp. Insecticide Resistance: Monitoring, Management and Esterase gene research

Rossiter, Louise (NSW Department Of Primary Industries, 2011-06-30)

Insecticide resistance represents one of the most significant limitations to successful pest control and economic production in Australian cotton industry.

Studying the Relationship Between the Cotton Industry and Cotton Communities 1996-2006

Stubbs, Judith (Judith Stubbes & Associates, 2011-06-30)

This report builds on the first four stages of the study, Exploring the Relationship Between Community Resilience & Irrigated Agriculture in the MDB,1 to address the following research questions:

Deep Drainage Under Irrigated Cotton - Surface and Groundwater Implications

Gunawardeena, Thusitha, McGarry, Des (Queensland Department Of Environment And Resource Management (DERM), 2011-06-30)

Deep drainage(DD) - water that passes beyond the - is an important process in irrigated cropping soils to ensure leaching of salts through the soil profile to deeper soil layers, the vadose zone ( the zone between the

PostGrad: Mitchell Burns Catchment scale risk assessment for agrochemicals

Burns, Mitchell (University Of Sydney, 2011-06-30)

) used to support pesticide management decisions at the catchment-scale can deliver environmental protection while retaining farm production benefits.

Tobacco streak virus in cotton-scoping study

Sharman, Murray (Queensland DEEDI, 2011-06-30)

In 2006, Tobacco streak virus (TSV) was identified as the causal agent of the devastating sunflower necrosis disease in central Queensland (CQ), and subsequently in 2007 as the cause of major losses in mungbeans in th

Upskilling water managers

Shannon, John (Vegetables WA, 2011-06-30)

This project provided for the extension of the Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling System (VISS).

Travel: SAGEEP Conference, South Carolina, USA

Triantafilis, John (University Of NSW, 2011-06-30)

Dr John Triantafilis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales.

Travel and Sponsorship: P O'Connor - Euroscience Forum 2010

O'Connor, Patrick (Patrick O'Connor, 2011-06-30)

Words, words, words. .. They hardly seem capable of fulfilling the mammoth task that Irequire of them in moments like these.

15th Australian Cotton Conference 2010

Rogan, Cleave (2011-06-30)

7. Provide an assessment of the likely impact of the results and conclusions of the research

project for the cotton industry. What are the take home messages?