In order to obtain information of its environmental fate under conditions of use in the Australian cotton industry, this major study was initiated in 1990-91.

This project focused on the control of nutgrass. Nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) is considered to be the world's worst weed and inf es ts over 15% of the cotton growing area.

The funds requested in the application were for Dr Christian to spend 6 weeks in the laboratory of Dr Art Mcintosh and Dr Carlo lgnoffo in Columbia Missouri, working on aspects of the project "Genetic Engineering

This project followed on from the production of the SOILpak manual (A soil management package for cracking clays).

Report on Overseas Travel, June-July 1994 Helen McFadden