It is increasingly recognised that the future of the Australian Cotton Industry is inextricably linked to parameters of 'permissible practice' as defined by the broader community.

The results of annual disease surveys in both NSW and Queensland continue to provide useful data on the distribution, incidence and importance of diseases of cotton in Australia.

What do consumers want from Textiles & how does this relate to cotton?

Maize or corn (Zea mays) is becoming increasingly popular as a summer crop in irrigated cotton rotations.

When comparing BollgardII with conventional cotton, the lower water requirement and higher lint yield of Bollgard II was explained by greater insect damage in conventional cotton.

The rise of ground water and salinity persist as potential challenging issues across irrigated agricultural landscapes.

Summary * Pest managers were surveyed to benchmark mirid management practices * Many mirid sprays were applied when mirids were below threshold and fruit retention was high (>85%).

Stopping seed-set on weeds that have survived a treatment of glyphosate is an important part of an IWM approach to preventing the development of glyphosate resistance.

Knowing how you are performing compared to your region or industry, facilitates continuous improvement in management and water use. Unfortunately irrigation benchmarking data has in the past not been well recorded.

The current global food crisis mainly affects the poorest billion citizens on Earth.

I am going to talk about the changes in the global textile industry over the past few years.

Discussion with Darling Downs growers and consultants identified a lack of local quantitative results on the response of current Bollgard varieties to different irrigation deficits.

With the introduction of Transgenic Bollgard II cotton Australian populations of green mirid have required targeted insecticidal control, which may select for insecticide resistance in this pest.

Cotton has been grown very successfully in southern NSW as demonstrated by the very high yields achieved in recent seasons., Any industry expansion will be slow as it is obviously affected by water availability in com

Pyriproxyfen (Admiral), diafenthiuron (Pegasus) and bifenthrin (Talstar) are currently registered for whitefly control in cotton.

Climatic factors such as vapor pressure (the capacity of the air to hold water at a given temperature, which is used to calculate relative humidity) influence crop growth, including how much moisture from the plant is

Cotton is a global business and we have no shortage of competitors.

The National Cotton Training Coordinator project has involved the development of various training strategies that address this declining skill base.

Conference presentation 2008

Since the completion of the EMS Pathways project the Australian Cotton Shippers Association (ACSA) and Cotton Australia (CA) have been committed to maintaining the momentum the project created by taking on the followi