1996 Australian Cotton Conference

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Verticillium Wilt of Cotton: Genetic Markers for Disease Resistance

Youyong, Zhu, Hill, Melissa K., Multani, Dilbag S., Mackie, Amanda M., Kota, Raja, Akbari, Mona, Lyon, Bruce R. (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 1996-08-16)

To examine the genetic similarity of cotton cultivars available in Australia, twelve cultivars of Gossypium hirsutum, together with an American Pima cotton (G.

Managing Salinity in Cotton Areas

Shaw Rodger, Gordon, Ian (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 1996-08-16)

Salinity problems are due to the presence of a high concentration of soluble salts in soils or waters.

Performance Of New CSIRO Ingard Varieties

Reid, Peter, Constable, Greg, Ferguson,Greg (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 1996-08-16)

The 1995/96 season saw the first occasion when CSIRO varieties with the Monsanto Ingard gene were tested on commercial farms. This article presents a summary of those trials.

Envirofeast IPM in Cotton: Part 3. Integration with Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV)

Harris, Wendy, Mensah, Robert (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 1996-08-16)

Australian cotton production relies heavily on insecticides for the control of the major pests, Helicoverpa spp. , mites and sucking insects (Fitt 1994).

The structure and sites of biochemica1 action of cotton defensive proteins and secondary metabolites.

Polya,Gideon M., Chung ,Roland P.-T. (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 1996-08-16)

In cotton, the best known of the secondary metabolites isolated, Gossypol, have been found to have antifungal and antitumour activity (Harborne and Baxter, 1993) and to target enzymes in the signal transduction system