Transgenic plants are rapidly dominating World agriculture and already the produce from millions of acres of transgenic insect and herbicide tolerant cotton, corn, soybean and canola being traded around the World, pre

Electric weed control was an effective weed management strategy. Control of broad leaf weeds was easier than grass weeds at higher operation speed.

Since the completion of the EMS Pathways project the Australian Cotton Shippers Association (ACSA) and Cotton Australia (CA) have been committed to maintaining the momentum the project created by taking on the followi

The Problem Silverleaf whitefly is costly to manage.

There has been a heavy reliance on agri-chemicals in the Australian cotton industry over the past 20 years to increase production and profitability.

Correct identification of the species of aphid present is a critical step in determining a management strategy.

In 2005-06 we began investigations comparing the yield and maturity response of 38 cm (15') row spacings and conventionally spaced cotton while attempting to manage the two row spacings for Pix and nitrogen manag

This project arose from the 'Fibre Plus' workshops at Narrabri coordinated by both the Cotton CRC and the CRDC.

Silverleaf whitefly (SLW) is a major insect pest of the cotton industry. It is a pest because it excretes honeydew that contaminates cotton lint, causing problems during textile processing.

Five sites representing the main cotton growing soil types in the Lower Macquarie Valley were selected and soil sampled in late October and May 2004.

List the project objectives and the extent to which these have been achieved., ?

Earlier maturity in cotton would counteract increasing production costs and facilitate the expansion of cotton production into areas with shorter growing seasons.

The term 'genetics' encompasses a group of disciplines which study aspects of evolution. the first of these, molecular genetics, examines DNA, the raw material of evolution, and its organisation into genes.

The project initially aimed at assessing the potential of Eretmocerus mundus (APF) as a control agent for silverleaf whitefly (SLW).

Of the five species of Heliothis in Australia, only two, Heliothis armigera and H. punctigera are major economic pests. They are clearly the major pests of cotton in all production areas.

The introduction of Bt-transgenic cotton (Ingard) should lead to an overall reduction in insecticide use.

Within cotton catchment communities a significant proportion of the population is Aboriginal and this proportion is increasing, within a wider community trend towards depopulation of rural Australia1.

Wincott is a network for all women involved both directly and indirectly in the Australian cotton industry, offering an alternative opportunity for them to increase their knowledge and develop their skills.