The ‘Regional Cotton Extension Officer’ has played a key role in improving the uptake of research

within the Cotton Industry by jointly working with the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative

In order to maintain its premium in the world cotton market it will be important for Australia

to extend its position as a preferred supplier of high quality fibre. Australian cotton is

This project resolved two long-standing anomalies regarding Cry2Ab resistance in H. armigera.

Improving the efficiency of water use in agriculture is increasingly essential to maintain the

profitability and sustainability of farms. This involves applying only the minimum necessary

Ginning is an energy intensive process. This project evaluates the energy usage inside the cotton gins in Australia. electricity use is found to range between 44-66 kWh per bale, with national average being 52.3 kWh.

The Murray Darling Basin is Australia’s largest agricultural area and a major user of water for irrigation.

Silverleaf whitefly (SLW), Bemisia tabaci B biotype (Gennadius), is a major insect pest of cotton and horticultural industries.

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSl) and Irrigation Australia Limited

(IAL) engaged GHD Hassallto develop a framework for future irrigation research,

is a limiting factor for cotton production in Australia. As a soil-borne fungal pathogen, epidemiological, ecological and genetic features of Fov populations are strongly influenced by soil conditions.

Australia's water resources are in a serious state, both in reduced quantity and declining quality due to

Quarantine plays a critical role to ensure that Australia remains free from serious pests, weeds and diseases present in other parts of the world.

The International Plant Nutrition Colloquium is the major international plant

nutrition conference, held every four years. This year the 16th IPNC, entitled

As a by product of more valuable cotton fibre, cottonseed oil (CSO) in its current form is widely used in its current form in various food applications around the world.

This report presents the experimental work and outcomes of the project that commenced in 2006 and was completed on 30 June 2010 (03DAN001).

The intention of this report is to provide the Australian Cotton Industry with information on the performance of the 2008 crop in regard to content and short fibre content as tested by the AFIS PRO instrument, finenes

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

to growers and industry personnel:

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.

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

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

the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC)

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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