Submissions

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BMP Lead Auditor

Roth, Guy (Roth Rural & Regional Pty Ltd, )

The project has developed three practising certified myBMP auditors. There are currently no growers waiting for a certification audit.

Developing cotton systems that are nutrient-efficient and promote healthy soil

Rochester, Ian (CSIRO Plant Industry, )

This project will assist the cotton industry to reduce its impact upon the environment and improve the health of its soil resource and achieve its aims to use fertiliser inputs more efficiently.

Caring for Our Country- Aboriginal Trainees

Knight, Sally (CRDC, )

A pilot project was initiated to employ four Aboriginal trainees to work on cotton farms in the Narrabri district.

Capacity Building via Small Projects for St George CGA Members and Community

Willis, Ed (CGA, )

Building growers capacity to adopt and adapt innovation ensures the outputs of research have the greatest impact.

Macquarie CGA -Celebrating theSeason

Jenkins, Claire (Macquarie Cotton Growers Association, )

This project sought to create a forum which brings together all levels of the cotton industry

in the Macquarie Valley and from across all geographical areas of the valley, giving a

Revised Leaf Grade Monitor Project (Assessment of IntelliGin Values)

Miao, Menghe, Gordon, Stuart (CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering, )

The objectives of this project were to compare results from Uster Technologies IntelliGin system, an in-line leaf, colour and moisture monitor for cotton ginning, with leaf and colour grade results from the standard H

An evaluation of the current understanding of cotton-growing soils and soil management practice issues in Southern NSW

Holland, Jonathan (NSW Department Of Primary Industries, )

Cotton is a relatively new irrigated crop in Southern NSW and has proven to be financially profitable.

Extn 03UA001/2 Inducible tolerance to Bt-toxin: significance, mechanism & new management

Rahman, Mahbub (University Of Adelaide, )

Field surveys of insect populations in agroecosystems reveal low but significant levels of tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt) toxins without mutational changes in resistance alleles.

Gunnedah High School Field trip and Cotton Camp

Groves, Kate (Gunnedah High School Year 12, 2013, )

"When schools, families & community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer & like school more" (Henderson & Mapp, 2002)

Major Capital: Nikon SMZ800 Stereo Microscope

Smith, Linda

The objective of purchasing a Nikon stereo microscope was to improve the capability of identifying

pathogens of cotton. More than 40 samples for diagnosis have been received at the Ecosciences

Rotary Youth in Cotton Camp

Byrne, Rebecca (Rotary Youth In Cotton Camp (RYIC) Committee, Moree, )

The initiative aims to encourage more young people into the cotton industry by demonstrating the diversity of employment opportunities available within cotton production in Australia.

Optimising Water and Energy Use in the Central Queensland Irrigation Sector

Pendergast, Lance (Queensland Department Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry, )

Irrigated cotton production in Australia is predominately (80%) based on furrow irrigation.

Cross-industry Preparedness for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease

Gambley, Cherie (Queensland Department Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry, )

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is caused by a complex of different begomoviruses and DNA-β satellite molecules. Both the viruses and the satellites are transmitted by the Silverleaf whitefly (SLW).

Scoping study of the influence of fibre length properties on the HVI fibre strength measurement.

Naylor, Geoff (CSIRO Materials Science And Engineering, )

The cotton industry relies on HVI measurements of cotton fibre quality for commercial trading. The current scoping study has confirmed the influence of cotton fibre length on the HVI Strength measurement i.e.

2013 Field to Fabric Course

Cunningham, Robbie, Krieg, Georgina, Durkin, Chris, Harparsum, John, Ingram, Danni, Ingram, Robert (CRDC, Participants, )

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

Postgraduate: Meredith Errington - Nutrient redistribution within cotton plants

Errington, Meredith (University Of Sydney, )

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

Postgraduate: James Hereward – Is the Source of Mirids in Cotton Derived From Local Dispersal or Long Distance Migration?

Hereward, James

Green mirid, Creontiades dilutus is an important pest of cotton. There is an ongoing

debate as to whether mirids that occur in cotton are derived from locally occurring

Scoping study of the influence of fibre length properties on the HVI fibre strength measurement

Naylor, Geoff (CSIRO Plant Industry, )

The cotton industry relies on HVI measurements of cotton fibre quality for commercial trading. The current scoping study has confirmed the influence of cotton fibre length on the HVI Strength measurement i.e.

2011/2012 Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis

Alchin, Phil (Boyce Chartered Accountants, )

The 2013 Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis (ACCA) is the ninth report produced by Boyce Chartered Accountants in conjunction with the Cotton Research & Development Corporation (CRDC).

Optimal Irrigation of Cotton via Real-Time Adaptive Control

McCarthy, Alison (University Of Southern Queensland, )

Site-specific irrigation enables the delivery of irrigation water where and when it is required

in the field. Commercially available hardware is available that can adjust the application