Over 200 primary and secondary students from across New South Wales converged on Inverell, in North

East New South Wales on 19th and 20th November for the 2007 NSW Youth River Health Conference.

With the advent of Bt cotton, mirids have become more of a pest in cotton and are attracting a number of insecticide applications.

Narrow row cotton (rows spaced less than 40cm apart) has long been seen as a potential alternative system for Australian cotton, especially in regions with shorter growing seasons.

Travel funding was provided to 11 Future Cotton Leader recipients to enable them to travle to various industry related meetings.

1) The fit of new insecticides into integrated pest management. Selection of insecticides can have a

big influence on both control of the target pest as well as on beneficials, and the risk of secondary