This forum is recognised as the main conference for cotton research. The conference consists

of four days of individual reports, panel discussions, hands-on workshops and seminars about

Functional soil systems

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

The 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference was held in Christchurch NZ, April 18-21. This

is the primary conference relating to plant breeding activities in Australia and New Zealand and

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

6th Pacific Rim Conference, held at the Fairmount Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC, Canada from

the 30th of October to the 3rd of November 2005.

The project provided travel funding to assist enable six Australian scientists who have undertaken extensive research on pesticides on behalf of the cotton industry to participate in the Pacifichem 2005 Symposium 225,

Despite the long history of cotton production and research, little is known about the genes that control the initiation and growth of the cells on the outer surface of the seed that become fibres.

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

The following Report covers my participation in a series of meetings at

Bremen, Germany, in late March 2006 - including;

20.3.06; CSITC *small technical group' meeting

The offering of diagnostic services in the determination of species identification and Trichogramma parasitism in Helicoverpa eggs provided submitters with valuable insight into the distribution and prevalence of H.

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

Travel to the USA to attend the Fusarium 2005 workshop at Kansas State University, and to accompany representatives of the Australian cotton industry on a cotton disease study tour of the USA.

Cotton fibres are differentiated single cells, originating from the epidermal layer of

the cotton ovule. Cotton fibre quality is determined by its length, strength and

Water allocation and access arrangements affect the livelihoods and well-being of a diverse range of water users, including irrigators and the environment increasing pressures on surface and groundwater resources have

An efficient and world standard computing system at ACRI has benefited all research

programs through their use in data processing, storage, statistical analysis, simulation

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

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

This project has part funded field operation costs charged by DPI to CSIRO for experiments on ACRI at Narrabri in 2005/06.

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