Textiles are commonly made from intimate blends of polyester and cotton, which makes recycling of such textiles very difficult through mechanical means.

Why are disease surveys important? Surveys are conducted by pathologists to monitor the distribution and importance of key endemic pests and record the presence or absence of new or exotic diseases.

Issue being addressed? Cut-off time is vital in furrow irrigation as it significantly affects the efficiency of irrigation.

The cotton industry is challenged with attracting and retaining core staff, on-farm labour, and access to professional advisers and service providers.

Issues being addressed? Furrow irrigation is the most popular irrigation method in cotton. However, two issues: low efficiency and huge labour involvement concern irrigators due to scarcity in recent years.

Deep drainage below irrigated crops wastes a scarce resource and can potentially lead to rising water tables and salinity.

The Australian Cotton Industry is developing a carbon (C) footprint calculator for cotton farms.

The reniform nematode is a major constraint to cotton production in the USA. Recent detections in Central Queensland have led to an extensive soil survey of the Theodore district.

Outline Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), an important economic crop of Australia, often experiences yield losses due to environmental fluctuations.

In the Australian cotton industry nutrition is a significant cost with 75% of irrigated cotton respondents to the 2012-13 grower practice survey spending between $300 and $600 per hectare on nutritional inputs for the

A major threat to the longevity of Bt cotton is Helicoverpa's ability to develop genetic resistance to high doses of Bt toxins.

In 2001 a comprehensive review of centre pivot and lateral move (CPLM) irrigation systems in the Australian cotton industry was undertaken by Foley & Raine (2001).

The Problem Periodically, late season outbreaks of pests such as thrips, jassids, cluster caterpillar and spur-throated locusts may cause damage to the cotton canopy and/ or flowers.

Contamination is the major issue of concern to the ginning, and textile industry. In our study cottons with and without foreign matter were processed into yarn.

Issue being addressed Peak summer weather in the central Highlands region can be highly variable with potential for cloudy wet monsoonal influences or high temperatures and humidity which reduces a crops capacity to k

The Problem Silverleaf whitefly is costly to manage.

Energy costs have risen significantly over the past decade and cotton growers continue to look for ways to improve their on farm energy use efficiency.

Evaporation losses during sprinkler irrigation are perceived by the irrigation community to be high and is a major impediment to the adoption of sprinkler irrigation.

In 2010-2011 some 96% of the strains tested showed some level of neonicotinoid resistance (ie Actara-Cruiser or Shield) but that had fallen to 29% of cotton strains in season 2011-2012 and a similar 33% of cotton aphi

To quantify and explain patterns of soil compaction caused by cotton pickers and to develop a set of practical recommendations for minimising soil damage during harvesting operations.