In January 1983, pyrethroids failed to give satisfactory field control of Heliothis (Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) at Emerald in central Queensland.

The Australian cotton industry has been practising curative conventional insecticide resistance management and preventative Bt transgenic cotton resistance management for fifteen and two years now, respectively.

The Australian cotton industry has been practising curative conventional insecticide resistance management for thirteen years now.

The main aim of this trip was to accept the invitation of the Organiser of the Symposium on "The Realities of Insecticide Resistance Management" (Dr George Georghiou) to present a paper on "Nine Years o

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.