Targeting the last generation of Helicoverpa armigera that typically escape cotton fields prior to pupae busting with the use of summer trap crops has been an integral component of the central Queensland Bt resistance

The Assassin Bug, is a natural enemy that is showing considerable promise in controlling Heliothis and plant-sucking bugs in cotton.

Central Queensland currently enjoys an ascochyta blight free status, however the use of chickpeas as a winter trap crop has created a potential risk for the introduction of the disease.

A difficulty faced by growers using nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) products such as Gemstar can be inconsistency of the products' performance for Helicoverpa spp. control.