In Australia, the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, has a long history of resistance to

conventional insecticides, Transgenic cotton (expressing Bt toxin Cry1Ac) has been grown

The IPM Training Coordinator position was created to development, lead and, implement a grower focused short course relating to cotton IPM.

Travel to attend the 12th Cotton Conference, Gold Coast, August 2004. Abstract presented as a poster at the conference.

This project aimed to investigate the expression and function of a number of genes that we believed were involved in the production of the secondary chemical gossypol in cotton.

Travel to participate in the 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conference, January 4th-7th, New Orleans, USA, to visit the USEPA in Washington, DC, USA, and to carry out research within the Centre for Toxicology, Department of Env

Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov), is a destructive disease of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) in almost all cotton producing countries of the world.

The UQ35c twelve-month project continued on from the UQ32c research covering the Helicoverpa armigera microsatellite survey of field collections over twelve of the major cotton growing regions during the 2003-2004 sea

AIM(S):, To assess the growth and biodiversity values of tree plantings of a range of ages, species,, sites, soils, establishment techniques and management in the Namoi Valley;, To provide information for communicatin

This document highlights the performance of Bollgard cotton in the Australian Industry during the 2004-05 season.

Travel grant to attend the 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 2005

Project US65C: Diversity of VAM fungi in soil health

Genomic technologies are set to revolutionise plant biology and we have already seen significant advances in the rate of gene discovery and new ideas engendered by the sequencing of genomes from two model plants, Arab

Growers whose water supply is critically low and are experimenting with novel ways to grow cotton with this limited water.

This pilot study involved the processing of five bales of cotton, representing

three varieties i.e. Sicala 3508, Sicala 60BR and Sicot 289BR, into ringspun

Managing sustainable cotton production is becoming more difficult with the ever-increasing demand on limited resources.

Little is known about the main predators of emerging pests in Bt cotton.

Research and development programs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate and

enhance their impacts towards the triple bottom lines of environment, economic and social

The primary purpose of DAQ 122C was to investigate alternative pest management options under central Queensland conditions with a view to supporting and expanding the role of area wide management.

Several issues developing around Bt crops [chickpea, pigeonpea, sorghum] at ICRISAT. Considerable difficulties with achieving high expression and lack of clear understanding of deployment or management needs.

Internationally, sticky cotton is a major concern for the textile industry (Hector & Hodkinson 1989).

The Cotton Stewardship Trial(MDBC 12/20),"Developing an environmental

management program for the Australian cotton industry" ("CST") was a