This project has part funded field operation costs charged by DPI to CSIRO for experiments on ACRI at Narrabri.

A one-year scoping study determined and prioritised the important weed issues of cropping systems with dryland cotton (DAQ117C).

Over the past 10 years the rapid uptake of IPM and transgenic cotton has allowed a dramatic reduction in the use of insecticides in cotton.

Salinisation as a consequence of irrigation can occur as a result of the application of poor quality (i.e. saline) water or mobilisation of salts from rising water tables (i.e.

The effects of rotation crops and stubble management (including the residual effects of past rotation crops) on soil quality, carbon sequestration, deep drainage, nutrient leaching, yield and profitability of succeedi

The objective of the mission was to promote Australian cotton as being ‘clean and green’ following the BMP and EMS marketing initiatives amongst Indonesian traders and spinners.

Black root rot, caused by a soilborne fungus, was first observed in Australian cotton in 1989. The disease has developed rapidly since then and now occurs in most of the cotton production area in NSW and Queensland.

This project validated and enhanced the use of the BDI as a measure of the relative disruption

(‘softness’/’hardness’) of the insecticide regimes applied to cotton fields. The project focused on two

Ultra-narrow row (UNR) cotton, a production system with rows spaced less than 40cm apart, has been proposed as the ideal system for earlier maturity without substantial yield loss.

Electrical resistivity imaging has been validated as a technique that can show the two dimensional movement of water through the soil profile after the application of irrigation water.

This project aimed to investigate the expression and function of a number of genes that we believed were involved in the production of the secondary chemical gossypol in cotton.

The silverleaf whitefly, B-biotype Bemisia tabaci, first detected in Australia in 1999, has

become a major pest on cotton in central Queensland. The silverleaf whitefly is also found,

Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov), is a destructive disease of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) in almost all cotton producing countries of the world.

Well designed irrigation storages and water courses on cotton farms can aid in the removal of sediment, nutrients and pesticides from irrigation water and enhance their habitat value for native plants and animals.

Heliothine caterpillars and silverleaf whitefly (SLW) are the major pests of field crops in central Queensland (CQ).

Genomic technologies are set to revolutionise plant biology and we have already seen significant advances in the rate of gene discovery and new ideas engendered by the sequencing of genomes from two model plants, Arab

Cotton growers are facing increasing pressure to manage resources more cost effectively and to be more accountable for the impact their decisions have on the surrounding environment.

Research and development programs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate and

enhance their impacts towards the triple bottom lines of environment, economic and social

The Cotton Stewardship Trial(MDBC 12/20),"Developing an environmental

management program for the Australian cotton industry" ("CST") was a

The primary purpose of DAQ 122C was to investigate alternative pest management options under central Queensland conditions with a view to supporting and expanding the role of area wide management.