The broad aim of the ‘UNE/CRDC Cotton Course’ has been to provide students with the necessary scientific and practical skills for sustainable cotton production.

Water is the most limiting input in irrigated cotton production. Compaction reduces access to the soil water resource and reduces soil health.

Black root rot, caused by the pathogen Theilaviopsis basicola is an important disease in Australian cotton.

Bill Gordon Consulting Pty Ltd(BCG) has provided training on application and drift management to the cotton industry for over a decade.

The cotton industry relies on GM cotton expressing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). This provides resistance to key pests of cotton, the bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and the native budworm H.