Cellulose is a crystalline B-I, 4 glucan found in all higher plants and comprises over 90% of the dry matter of the mature cotton fibre.

Industry Development Officer (IDO) of Gunnedah is part of the National Extension Service. This position has been successful in increasing technology adoption by local growers.

Helicoverpa spp. moths continue to pose significant pest management problems for Queensland cotton growers. To address the Helicoverpa spp.

CRDC document 'Triple Bottom Line Highlights' indicates the following successes pertaining to insect management, especially the adoption of IPM and AWM:

Gossypolis a naturally occurring sesquiterpene chemical and a product of secondary metabolism unique to cotton species.

The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii is a pest of escalating concern in Australia.

A brief outline of the Trial Method is detailed with results presented graphically in Final Report

- Treatments applied using a hand held 2 metre wide flat boom fitted with 3 TX2 hollow cone

In Australian cotton fields, the eggs, larvae and pupae of Helicoverpa armigera and H. punctigera are attacked by a diverse range of parasitic wasps and flies.

The need for a comprehensive and integrated weed identification and management guide for the Australian cotton industry has long been recognised.

Productivity of the Australian cotton industry is constantly threatened by reduced availability of irrigation water in eastern Australia.

Genetic engineering techniques allow the transfer of novel genetic material from one organism to another and hence has the potential to augment classical plant breeding techniques by extending the gene pool accessible

The fibre length and cellulose content are the two determinates of fibre yield and quality.

The focus of much of the research in the Australian Cotton industry is to reduce the industry's dependence on synthetic insecticides.

To further develop rural and regional Australia through challenging, learning and growing our leadership skills.

Cotton provides about 55% of the fibre in textile manufacturing globalIy and is an important contributor to the Australian economy.

Ongoing research at ACRI into cotton diseases confirmed the need for best practice to be exercised to avoid disease transfer from one location to another.The need for this was confirmed by pathology staff at ACRI who

Cotton is currently the only crop whose transgenic varieties are used in large-scale production in Australia.

The floral organs and wounded leaves of Nicotiana alata, the ornamental tobacco, produce a serine protease precursor molecule (NaPI) which is cleaved into six individual inhibitors of 6 kDa.

When faced with attack by disease-causing organisms, plants rely on an elaborate surveillance system that detects pathogens and triggers a battery of defences to protect the host.

The silverleaf whitefly (SLW) was first discovered in Australia in 1994. At the