A project examining ways of improving the water use efficiency of cotton through breeding has now been completed. This paper summarises the results of four years research.

Responsible cotton production - this is the future. Increasingly the growing of cotton will need to be conducted in a way that minimises its perceived impact on the environment and greater community.

Polymeria takeall, or Peak Downs curse, is a deep rooted, rhizomatous, perennial weed which spreads from seeds and rhizomes. It tolerates cultivation and can be spread by cultivation.

Cotton integrated pest management (IPM) is a continuously evolving pest management philosophy.

Put simply, Area Wide Integrated Pest Management is the combined effort of a number of farmers and their advisers to manage pests using all the tools available with minimum impact on beneficial insects, the environmen

The cotton industry's Best Management Practices (BMPP) program was released in late 1997. An industry commitment was made to have 100 percent grower adoption of BMP by the 30th June 2001.

Sustainability in any farming system is dependent upon a number of interacting factors which include climate, soil quality, plant nutrition, management, weed and disease incidence, and economic factors.

Talstar (bifenthrin) was registered at the beginning of the 1993/94 season for control of Helicoverpa spp. and two-spotted mite in Australian cotton.

Water is one of the key resources for industry and economic development in Australia. It is one of the main inputs to maximise the production of the cotton plant.

The 1997-98 season saw the re-investigation of ultra-narrow row cotton ("UNR" cotton) as an alternative production system.

Precision agriculture (PA) research for cotton in Australia began in 1997 and has followed a clear path aimed at discovering key information for the Industry.

Cotton crops in Australia are visited by a wide range of beneficial insects. These include generalist predators and specialist parasitoids which attack key pests.

One of the major objectives of the cotton industry is to reduce dependence on insecticides. This may be achieved by incorporating parasitoids into the pest management strategy.

The theme of the conference is "Meeting the Challenge". Amongst the many challenges the cotton industry faces are a host that relate to water.

This report is a summary of a partnership project, involving Australian as well as overseas co-operators, which was conducted to evaluate four Australian cotton varieties in terms of their utility value to the textile

The ovicidal and larvicidal activity of Tracer Naturalyte Insect Control and conventional ovicidal standards was investigated on Helicoverpa spp. under Australian conditions.

Cotton production in Australia is a high-value industry with about 90% of fibre produced being exported to Asia, primarily to Indonesia.

An understanding of likely impact of water stresses on yield and quality is important for developing optimum irrigation practices for cotton in the region.

A field experiment comparing irrigation treatments of 100% of predicted ETCrop applied with subsurface drip irrigation with 50%, 75% and 125% ETCrop was conducted at Warren in the 1999/2000 season.

Among the oilseeds, cottonseed is considered to be an important commodity because of its use in food and animal feed throughout the world.