2000 Australian Cotton Conference

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UNR - The Tandou Experience

Lowe, Rob, Packer, Kim (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 2000-08-16)

There are a number of issues that were considered before TANDOU LIMITED began trailing UNR (ultra narrow row cotton). The first was to understand the concept and visualise its best fit for our operation.

Issues for Ultra Narrow Row Cotton in Australia: Agronomy, Machinery and Ginning

Hickman, Mark (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 2000-08-16)

The 1997-98 season saw the re-investigation of ultra-narrow row cotton ("UNR" cotton) as an alternative production system.

Resistance to Ingard Cotton by the Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera

Akhurst, Ray, Bird, Lisa, James, Bill (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 2000-08-16)

The increasing difficulty of controlling cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, in Australia due to its resistance to many chemical insecticides and the pressure to reduce the usage of chemicals led to the adoption of

Behaviour modifying chemistry, semiochemicals and insect chemical ecology - principles and relevance

Mensah, Robert, Moore, Chris (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 2000-08-16)

The use of natural (non-synthetic) chemicals to influence insect behaviour is likely to be well known, in one way or another.

Characterisation and mapping of the XCM resistance locus in Australian cotton cultivars by the use of molecular marker techniques

Llewellyn, Danny, Dennis, Liz, Lyon, Bruce, Rungis, Dainis (Australian Cotton Growers Research Association, 2000-08-16)

Bacterial blight of cotton is caused by the bacterium Xanthamonas campestris pv. malvacearum (Xcm).