This report aims to review the literature, particularly past and current cotton-funded research,, to:, 1. describe biodiversity and the role of biodiversity in cotton production systems;, 2.

The emergence of multiple resistance to insecticides in Helicoverpa populations has had a significant impact on the production of most major field crops in Australia.

Five sites representing the main cotton growing soil types in the Lower Macquarie Valley were selected and soil sampled in late October and May 2004.

Centre Pivot and Lateral Move (CF&LM) irrigation machines are gaining popularity within

the Australian cotton industry, as they can provide high application efficiency and

Trichogramma limit pest damage to Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) cotton crops by killing the developing embryo of their insect host at the egg stage, effectively reducing the number of emergent pests ingesting trans

Final Report as participant in the 2004 Australian Rural Leadership Program

List the project objectives and the extent to which these have been achieved., ?

The research into aphid bio-control in cotton has documented the agents attacking cotton aphid in southern and central Queensland, and provided an indication of their relative importance.

Cotton fibres are the fastest growing and among the longest single cells in the plant kingdom. In the space of about16 days, these single cells can expand from a few micrometers to 3 cm in length.

Temperature plays a critical and complicated role in the growth and development of cotton.

Project Summaries from Postgraduate Visit

McKinnon, Buchanan, Delaney, Dodd, Humphries, Ivkovic, Lightfoot, Lowor, Machado, Najar, Speirs, Vanags, Werth, Whiffen and White

ABSTRACT

Limitations on the availability of irrigation water in eastern Australia has created

interest in the possibility of re-establishing cotton in the Oof

2. List the project objectives and the extent to which these have been achieved., 1. Monitor the diversity and distribution of strains of Fov in cotton growing areas in Australia.

This project aimed to identify factors that could substantially influence Bt efficacy in transgenic cotton. Cry1Ac protein concentration in cotton leaves was measured quantitatively using a commercial ELISA assay.

This project aimed to identify factors that could substantially influence Bt efficacy in, transgenic cotton. Cry1Ac protein concentration in cotton leaves was measured quantitatively, using a commercial ELISA assay.

Scientific Exchange Ms Rose Roche, Purpose of Exchange: Attend the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Texas as a, speaker, The purpose of this exchange was to attend the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San, Antonio, Texas US

From humble beginings in the 1880s by individual farmers along inland rivers and, in particular, the efforts of the Chaffey brothers at Renmark and Mildura in 1887, the irrigation industries in Australia have expanded

This report been prepared by the CIE as part of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation. The financial assistance provided by the Program through Land and Water Australia is gratefully acknowledged.

In 2003-04, the National Dryland Salinity Program (NDSP) as part of its final synthesis year concentrated on integrating the information and knowledge gained over the past 10 years of nationally co-ordinated research