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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

In April 2000, the RAAL R&D Program commissioned a Scoping Study to identify and scope the possible contribution of breeding, selection and biotechnology to develop new varieties of crop and pasture plants to help

Project objectives: To benchmark the distribution efficiency (DE) of the various components of a small, open channel gravity irrigation system and irrigation return flows from farms to the surface drainage system.

The report describes, analyses and evaluates approaches to the assessment of river systems and conservation values in other types of ecosystem.

Neps are clusters of fibres or entanglements of fibres. They are classified as biological neps, mechanical neps and white specks.

Salinity has increasingly been identified as one of the most serious environmental issues facing Australia (PMSEIC, 1998; MDBC, 1999).

The title of my paper reflects the overriding precedence of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the future of pest management for Australian cotton.

Spray application technology

In June 1997 a Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) funded project was initiated in the Emerald Irrigation Area (EIA), for the development of management strategies to minimise off-site movement of pollut

Fusarium wilt of cotton, which is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp vasinfectum (Fov) is a relatively new disease in Australia.

A project examining ways of improving the water use efficiency of cotton through breeding has now been completed. This paper summarises the results of four years research.

Polymeria takeall, or Peak Downs curse, is a deep rooted, rhizomatous, perennial weed which spreads from seeds and rhizomes. It tolerates cultivation and can be spread by cultivation.

Responsible cotton production - this is the future. Increasingly the growing of cotton will need to be conducted in a way that minimises its perceived impact on the environment and greater community.

Put simply, Area Wide Integrated Pest Management is the combined effort of a number of farmers and their advisers to manage pests using all the tools available with minimum impact on beneficial insects, the environmen