Centre Pivot and Lateral Move (CF&LM) irrigation machines are gaining popularity within

the Australian cotton industry, as they can provide high application efficiency and

The emergence of multiple resistance to insecticides in Helicoverpa populations has had a significant impact on the production of most major field crops in Australia.

The significance of transgenic cotton in the pest control strategy adopted by the

Australian industry makes the management of resistance to the Cry1Ac toxin of Bacillus

Healthy soils are fundamental to the profitability and sustainability of cotton ecosystems.

Trichogramma limit pest damage to Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) cotton crops by killing the developing embryo of their insect host at the egg stage, effectively reducing the number of emergent pests ingesting trans

This project examined how and when individual Helicoverpa armigera carrying a resistant allele (BX) were favoured in field-grown cotton, particularly on Ingard®.

Cotton fibres are the fastest growing and among the longest single cells in the plant kingdom. In the space of about16 days, these single cells can expand from a few micrometers to 3 cm in length.

Australian irrigated cotton growers are committed to improving their Water Use Efficiency (WUE) for economic, environmental, social and political reasons (Breen et al, 2006).

Regular disease surveys have highlighted the changing status of cotton diseases over time and

provided valuable insights into the factors affecting their distribution and severity.

Genetic engineering to confer useful agronomic and fibre traits will lower the cost and time

required for producing improved cotton varieties and will promote environmentally-friendly

Cotton Bunchy Top is a disease of cotton that was first reported in the 1998-99 cotton season. Symptoms of the disease include shortening of internodes and petioles, .

The CRDC $2000 to put towards attending the 42nd Beltwide Cotton Conference in San

Fusarium wilt is considered by many growers, ginners, consultants and other industry personnel as the most important constraint to sustainable cotton production to have developed in recent years.

Taking advantage of a GRDC funded trip to attend the Annual meetings of Soil Science SOC of America held in Indianapolis, I requested CRDC funds to visit laboratories involved in research related to Bt-crops and soil

The talks presented at the Beltwide cotton conference which will have the greatest impact on researchers, and the Australian cotton industry as a whole, will be the new transgenic insecticidal packages of MXB-13 from

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.

Five sites representing the main cotton growing soil types in the Lower Macquarie Valley were selected and soil sampled in late October and May 2004.

The project has made significant contributions to further our understanding of causes

and consequences of climate variability and climate change.

This project was designed to assess the potential of a plant derived antifungal gene (NaD1) for control of cotton pathogens. The NaD1 gene codes for a small protein called a plant defensin.