Incentives for irrigationWater use and scheduling of Bolgard IIEgg collections for resistance testing

Final Report - Development of measures of soil health

URS Australia was commissioned by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to prepare a handbook of technologies that are available to provide flexibility in irrigation delivery systems to deal with the varying irri

Sampling methodologies and locations affect Interpretation of soil and plant analysisCorrect storage of samples before analysis is importantWeather is an important factor in petiole and leaf tissue sampling Petiole te

Well designed irrigation storages and water courses on cotton farms can aid in the removal of sediment, nutrients and pesticides from irrigation water and enhance their habitat value for native plants and animals.

Investigation of the ecological value of irrigation farm water storages, Comparison of on farm storages with nearby natural water bodies,. On farm storages support a range of macroinvertebrate species.

Cotton growers generally recognise crop performance or yield as the best indicator of soil biology.

There is consensus both locally and internationally that the measurement of cotton grade i.e., colour, trash and grade, by the traditional subjective classing should be replaced with objective measurements by high vol

Floodplains along river systems of the northern Murray-Darling Basin contain a diversity of wetland habitats, maintained through highly variable patterns of flood inundation.

The ARLP, like the Rural Research and Development

Corporations is one of Australian agriculture's great

success stories. It works because it is a partnership,

To extend and promote the adaptation and adoption of new technologies into sound management practices in the Border Rivers region including the Macintyre Valley and Mungindi areas.

Experiments to establish the response of cotton plant to soil water stress under different soil types, climatic conditions and fruiting loads have shown that (i) the response of cotton to water stress is different on

There is currently a shortage of irrigation water available for cotton production in Australia due to recent climatic and legislative conditions.

Knowledge is fundamental to improving the competitiveness, responsiveness

and levels of innovation that we see in industries. This research project completed interviews with

Two “Spray Drift Workshops” were held at Norwin Hall and St Ruth Hall on the 5th and 6th of January respectively.

This project has part funded maintenance of HVI900 and FMT3 cotton fibre testing instruments in CSIRO’s fibre testing laboratory at ACRI for the 2005/06 season.

Green mirids (Creontiades dilutus) have emerged as a significant problem in commercial Bt-cotton crops, especially in Bollgard II crops.

I believe both reinform nematodes and Fusarium (race 4) have the characteristics that could

potentially, affect the Australian cotton industry if they were to be introduced to Australia. There

This project focused on developing and testing best management options for key pests in Bollgard®II and conventional cotton.

Transgenic (Bt) cotton varieties provide a substantial basis for economically and environmentally sustainable insect pest management within the Australian cotton industry.