The most common definition of short fibre content (SFC) is the proportion by weight of fibre shorter than one half inch (12.7 mm).

This project has tackled the scientific challenge of predicting the key parameters of interest to the spinning mill manager from fibre quality measurements.

The following industry take home messages are a summary of practical findings pertinent

to growers and industry personnel:

This is the third of our four reports for the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC project entitled: Innovative Regional Businesses and Options for Economic Growth in Cotton Communities. It has two components.

The objectives of the project were to (i) develop techniques for evaluating insecticide efficacy against solenopsis mealybug, and (ii) evaluate the efficacy of a range of insecticides that have potential to provide ef

A preliminary water balance was carried out for the Maules Creek catchment to assist in the establishment of an appropriate conceptual model for the aquifer-river system.

The Australian Cotton Industry has always been held in high regard by the

Australian and World Agricultural sectors due to its innate ability to focus on and

Expectations for industries to manage resources in a sustainable manner raise the question of how industries can demonstrate their sustainability credentials.

H. armigera is one of the major pests faced by the Australian cotton industry.

The 2008–09 year has seen extensive development of the online portal to support myBMP, the web-based version of the industry’s environmental management system, Best Management Practices.

n September 2006 the Namoi Catchment Management Authority (Namoi CMA) and

the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC)

This project aimed to identify means to improve nutrient use‐efficiency in Australian

cotton production systems and to improve soil health/fertility. The NutriLOGIC DSS

Future Australian and international policy directions may require industries to account for their

resource use and emissions. Rural primary industries utilise several types of resources and produce

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Whereas the use of gypsum for the amelioration of sodic soils under dryland and

irrigated agricultural systems has been relatively well studied, experiments investigating lime

Diminishing water supply, changing weather patterns and pressure to enhance environmental flows are making it imperative to optimise water use efficiency (WUE) on cotton/grain farming systems.

Thielaviopsis basicola is a hemibiotroph fungus that causes black root rot disease in diverse plants with significant impact on cotton production in Australia. To elucidate how T.

The regional extension positions were part of the Cotton CRC National Cotton Extension Team which has worked on an industry-wide scale to take a knowledge management approach to deliver grower focused, participatory a

This project brought together information on farm dam management with recent research on

evaporation mitigation, new case studies and improved an online calculator to estimate costs with

This project supports the ongoing development of IPM in cotton by targeting emerging pest issues, and inappropriate management which may threaten IPM. Key outcomes were:

In pesticide science, research and modelling by private companies exceeds that carried out by public organisations (e.g. USDA & EPA in the USA) – e.g.