Cotton growers commonly apply nitrogen (N) fertilizer at rates of between 100 and 200 kg N/ha, yet the cotton plants seldom recover more than 40% of the applied N, and often much less.

SIRATAC users have the option early in the season of using standard thresholds or dynamic thresholds which vary between the standard level and an upper limit.

The CRC contracted Queensland Cotton and Siratac Ltd. to conduct a survey on the transfer of research information into the cotton industry.

The Siratac system when it was originally conceived had no database system included in the workings of the system.

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You are all aware that currently there are three varieties available commercially: Siokra 1-2, Sicala 3-1 and DP90 (Deltapine - Acala) .

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Determination of the petiole nitrate nitrogen concentration (PNN) in the youngest fully expanded leaf (YFEL) of cotton is a useful indicator of plant nitrogen status.

Seedling diseases include seed rots, pre and post emergent damping 9ff and root pruning. Numerous fungi can be responsible although Rhizoctonia sp., Pythiwn spp. and Fusarium spp. are the most important.

Well to satisfy everyones's curiosity, r will answer the question straight away. Yes, we can survive resistance! However, in answering it, I shall put another, perhaps even more thought provoking than the first.

This Overview has been compiled after talking with a limited number of growers from most districts, and as could be expected there were some opposite opinions expressed.

As major pests of cotton production, Heliothis spp. are of most concern to growers during the summer when they are active and damaging crops. Once autumn arrives and the crop is picked, Heliothis are soon forgotten.

The Cotton Council has been funding our project, for which we intend to identify cotton varieties with efficiency of dry matter production when irrigation is expensive, or relatively inexpensive.

The actual decision regarding which seed variety to plant had to be made some months -ago by growers through CSD, this decision is mostly based upon a number of factors, viz: 1: Yield 2: Resistance to insects and dise

The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, ranks second to Heliothis in importance as a pest of cotton. Mites reduce profitability by reducing the yield and fibre quality of cotton.

Yield responses to increasing amounts of irrigation water have been demonstrated in the past by individual trials. In these trials watering occured at varying deficits of soil moisture below field capacity .

The major Australian cotton yarn spinners are encouraged by the improvements the researchers and the growers have managed to obtain in the newer varieties.

As most of you are aware, the Siratac Cotton Management Advisor computer program is being rewritten. There will be those amongst you who are unaware as to why this is being done.

There are increasing areas of cotton grown in regions which are prone to cool seasons, eg. the Darling Downs, the upper Namoi and upper Macquarie valleys.

Most, if not all, entomologists involved in the development of cotton insect management systems agree that an essent1al part of a successful Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program is the ava;lability of an eff1cac1o