The discovery this season of Fov in many cotton districts previously thought to be free from the disease has sent shock waves throughout the industry.

With the formation of the new Australian Cotton CRC and the possible expansion of cotton growing in the Northern Territory and in the north of Western Australia, we were requested to conduct a cotton disease survey in

CSIRO required a new prime mover and trailer to transport cone seeder or plot picker to district experiment sites for the breeding program.

Project objectives (i) Complete characterisation of putative fungal genes isolated from the cDNA library prepared Q from Sicala V-1 plants infected with V. dahliae.

In early 1999 the Centre for Water Policy Research was approached by tl1e Namoi Water Users Association, the NSW Irrigators Council, and the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), to investigate the possi

Gin trash and mixtures of gin trash were composted using a minimum of equipment and labour inputs.

Objective of the project To deliver a BMP implementation program that leads to attainment of the industry commitment of having 100% of cotton growers audit ready by June 31st 2001.

The second edition of the BMP Manual now includes new sections on the storage and handling of pesticides, dryland specific issues and farm hygiene.

This preliminary six-month project was commissioned to investigate basic, entomological aspects of cotton production in the far-north Queensland (Richmond), environment.

The CRDC provided $4,000 for DPI, specifically BIARC, to conduct field investigations and construct economic models to assess the potential for farming fish using water from farm ring-tanks.

Sucking pests of cotton (aphids and mirids) that are expected to become more significant as the use of synthetic chemical sprays is replaced by the deployment of transgenic cotton.

Research has shown that damage caused by chewing and sucking pests does not necessarily lead to a yield loss in cotton.

Our network currently consists of 18 Campbell Scientific automatic stations spread across the Darling Downs (see enclosed map).

Objectives: Quantify and compare the population densities of beneficial soil faunal groups in commercial irrigated, cotton fields that are managed using conventional, Ingard, and Envirofeast technologies.

Aim: * To provide ongoing technical support and maintenance for weather station network and data generated by them ensuring provision of high quality weather data to research and all other facets of the cotton industr

The N nutrition of cotton crops was investigated with respect to the effectiveness with which rotation crops improve the supply of N to cotton and reduce the amount of N fertilizer required.

This project continues and extends the development of intergenomic germplasm initiated under CSP4 7C.

Deep drainage of cotton based rotation systems were estima!ed on two soils in the Macquarie Valley: on a heavy cracking clay at "Auscotf', Warren and on a hard setting reel soil on the Twynam property "

Project objectives ( i) Conduct Verticillium wilt disease grading of F2 progeny from the intra-specific crosses G. hirsutum Sicala V-1 x Siokra 1-4 and Acala Royale x CS 50 and the inter-specific cross G.

To replace the aging automatic weather station at the Australian CottonResearch Unit