In growing their crops Australian cotton farmers need to comply with Australian regulations.

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

Shielded sprayers have been widely and quickly adopted by cotton growers for weed control

in the inter-row. In the last three seasons, the increase in area sown to RoundUp Ready®

This research project involved the development and application of crop simulation tools to assist with crop management within the cotton industry.

It is evident from experience with the resistance of H.

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.

Final Report as participant in the 2004 Australian Rural Leadership Program

The aims of the project were: (1) Use composted cotton gin trash and pelletised cotton gin trash to

monitor soil response and soil nutrition benefits; (2) Establish experimental woodlots of

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 production in Central Queensland will continue to impose a unique set of challenges due to climate and it’s remoteness from other production areas.

The current project was devised in the knowledge that increased sodicity and salinity of percolating water will alter the saturated conductivity of many soils, especially sodic soils.

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 project has made significant contributions to further our understanding of causes

and consequences of climate variability and climate change.

Temperature plays a critical and complicated role in the growth and development of cotton.

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.

Limitations on the availability of irrigation water in eastern Australia has created

interest in the possibility of re-establishing cotton in the Oof

The major challenge to sustainable use of Bt cotton is the risk that the target pests, Helicoverpa spp, may evolve resistance to the engineered toxins.

The VIII International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and the

VIth International Bacillus thuringiensis Conference were held at Iguassu Falls, Brazil,

August 18-23,2002.

Screening of native whitefly from host specificity testing list continues with the following results of host testing of Eretmocerus hayati.

The following whitefly species have been tested:

Due to the size and nature of the agricultural industry in Australia the adoption of subsurface trickle