This project is a joint initiative of the MDBC and the cotton industry to determine an appropriate model for the introduction of an industry wide environmental audit and certification scheme.

This study, funded by Natural Heritage Trust Funding grant “Water Quality in Gwydir Valley Watercourses (Moree)”, investigated use by waterbirds of on-farm wetlands (mainly irrigation storages, but also other ar

DNA based diagnostics has become increasingly utilised in the agriculture sector both in the diagnosis of pathogens and pests as well as in molecular marker assisted breeding.

The floral organs and wounded leaves of Nicotiana alata, the ornamental tobacco, produce a serine protease precursor molecule (NaPI) which is cleaved into six individual inhibitors of 6 kDa.

With the creation of the CRC for Sustainable Cotton Production, weeds

research took focus to the development of sustainable, low input, cotton weed management systems for low weed pressure situations.