The Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis provides the industry benchmark for the economics of cotton growing in Australia.

OBJECTIVES * Quantify and compare the population densities of beneficial soil fauna! groups in commercial irrigated cotton fields that are managed using conventional, lngard, and Envirofeast technologies.

Research has shown that damage caused by chewing and sucking pests does not necessarily lead to a yield loss in cotton.

The review examines semiochemicals, substances or mixtures of substances emitted by one species that can be used to modify the behaviour of receptor organisms, and the role of these semiochemicals, particularly those