In Australia, management of cotton pests is insecticide based.

The comparative advantage1 of cotton production was examined for three production systems in the United States and four production systems within Australia.

This study was initiated to quantify the impact of those predators commonly found in Australian cotton fields and thereby reveal the importance of the various predatory species in Helicoverpa pest management.

A paper was presented at the fourth international Trichogramma and other egg parasitoid conference titled 'Evaluating egg parasitoids for integrated pest management in Australian raingrown cotton.' Highlight

A growth disorder of cotton has been observed in irrigated cracking clay soils in fields at Galathera Creek, north of the Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI) for several years.

Commissioned in November 1994, it was funded equally by the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) and Sainty and Associates with a budget of $47 000 and the following work was undertaken: 1.

In March 1995 the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) asked the Centre for International Economics to prepare a report on the cotton industry and its economic impact.

Two fields of cotton on two nearby farms in the Macquarie Valley of NSW which had different histories of weed management were studied to determine if weed seeds were being introduced via irrigation water.

Cotton plants expressing the CrylAc toxin from Bt are near to commercial release.

This project aimed to continue the steady improvements in developing improved cotton varieties adapted to Australian growing conditions and markets

The aims of the CRDC project CSE 29C were: - to optimise the design of recombinant Helicoverpa viruses with increased insecticidal activity (Activities 1 and 2 of the overall program above), - to develop suitable larg

The aim of this study was to complete the development of a mirid feeding bioassay to facilitate screening and characterization of proteinaceous toxins.

Disease surveys in November and March of each season have been undertaken on a regular basis since 1983.

Field experiments at Narrabri in 1993, 1994 and 1995 have utilised overhead sprinklers and, portable rain-out shelters.

A large collection of microorganisms with over 2000 isolates has been established at the Australian Cotton Research Institute for the purpose of identifying potential bio-control agents and developing biological contr

Supplementary funding was provided by the CRDC allowing three personnel ($1750 each, $5,250 total) from the pesticide chemistry group to attend the 8th International Congress on Pesticide Chemistry, held in Washington

Nutgrass control was examined in field and glasshouse studies. A nutgrass control strategy was developed based on Zoliar and in-crop Roundup, and infallow, cultivation in dry conditions and Roundup in wet conditions.

Supplementary funding was provided by the CRDC allowing three personnel ($1750 each, $5,250 total) from the pesticide chemistry group to attend the 8th International Congress on Pesticide Chemistry, held in Washington

Supplementary funding was provided by the CRDC allowing three personnel ($1750 each, $5,250 total) from the pesticide chemistry group to attend the 8th International Congress on Pesticide Chemistry, held in Washington

OBJECTIVES: 1. To study sampling and control practices for mirlds in irrigated and dryland cotton.