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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

Revised Leaf Grade Monitor Project (Assessment of IntelliGin Values)

Miao, Menghe, Gordon, Stuart (CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship, )

It is important for ginners to monitor classing and leaf grade in order to maximize grower returns in terms of classing grade, and to reduce fibre damage.

Developing workshops and grower groups for the Caring For Our Country Programme

Alexander, Elizabeth (Bluedog Agribusiness, )

“Cotton growers working together for a sustainable landscape project” funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative consisted of three core components which included working directly with lan

Network Development Officer

Blomfield, Kirrily (CGA, )

The concept of the Network Development Officer (NDO) role came about following an Upper Namoi CGA bus trip around 2 1/2 years ago, which identified the need for better research information flow to growers, and the sha

Automated Gin Seed Fingers

Krajewski, Dr. Andrew (CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering, )

Seed fingers are an important part of the gin stand and are used to control the seed roll load, which in turn sets the turn-out and trash cleaning capacity of the gin stand.

PhD: Ecology of Helicoverpa punctigera revisited: migration, overwintering and implications for Bt resistance

Le Mottee, Kristian (University Of New England, )

The native budworm Helicoverpa punctigera is an important pest of field crops in Australia alongside the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, and both share a number of host plants. H.

Verification of Australian Long Staple Upland Cotton Spinning Performance

Van Der Sluijs, Rene, Gordon, Stuart (CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship, )

There is considerable interest within the Australian cotton industry to develop Long Staple Upland cotton (nominally referred to as ALS) varieties to obtain the high premiums paid for fine long and strong staple fibre

Correlating Refuge Attractiveness with Productivity and Plant Parameter

Tan, William (University Of Sydney, )

A key tactic within the CRDC’s 2012-12 Annual Operating Plan is ‘Assuring industry capacity to manage the stewardship of biotechnologies and crop protection products’.

Diseases of Cotton 10

Kirkby, Karen (NSW Department Of Primary Industries, )

“Diseases of Cotton X” aimed to increase sustainability of the Australian cotton

industry through comprehensive disease surveillance. Continued collaborative

Assessing the Incidence and Biosecurity Risk of Feral Cotton

Grundy, Paul (Queensland Department Of Agriculture Fisheries And Forestry, )

A survey was conducted to ascertain the presence of feral cotton plants in off-farm drainage areas and along roadsides associated with cotton production and transport throughout Queensland and parts of northern NSW.

Assessing greenhouse gas emitions from broadacre irrigated cropping systems

Baldock, Jeff, McDonald, Ben (CSIRO Land And Water, )

This project aims to investigate the cause of and differences in the levels of GHG emissions during sequences of crops and fallows.

Travel:Entomological Society of America Conference Knoxville USA 2012

Paull, Cate (CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, )

Attendance at the 60th Entomological Society of America Annual Conference where a paper on the background of the Australian cotton industry, in particular the Darling Downs landscape, with detail on biology and ecolog

A Protocol for Assessing On Farm Energy Use and Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Baillie, Craig (University Of Southern Queensland, )

Peak oil demands and declining oil reserves, increased greenhouse emissions and global warming

and economic drivers for operational and cost efficiencies promote energy efficiency as one of the

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