Cotton growers began to realise in the late 1970's that compaction of clay soils may have been a cause of declining yields. Research over the last 10 years has confirmed those suspicions.

This paper outlines the requirements to effectively operate a Controlled Traffic farming system, with emphasis on the need for some form of automatic steering assistance for farm machinery.

The reliance of the Australian cotton industry on insecticides for the control of insect pests represents a major economic and environmental concern. In the face of pesticide resistance in H.

This project was established to find a simple, repeatable and reliable technique or series of techniques for consultants, extension personnel and managers to use to assess soil structural conditions in the field.

A change of direction for entomoLOGIC and some improvements to hydroLOGIC will provide growers and consultants in the 1992/93 season with effective, low cost decision support systems for irrigation and pest management

Nitrogen management plays a key role in cotton production. It is the nutrient required in greatest quantity by the crop and it is the nutrient most often deficient.

It has been 9 years now since the introduction of the Summer Crop Resistance Management Strategy in 1983/84 season.

Encouraged by a trial 1/2 acre result of 2.8 bales per acre from the 1990 cotton pick, Tandou has grown 70 acres in 1991 and 850 acres in 1992 installing one roller gin to process the 1991 crop and expanding the gin t

This article will refer to narrow row cotton only as that currently being grown in 75 cm rows (30").

The suspected importance of pyrethroid metabolism in resistant H.armigera. made the investigation the biochemical basis of pyrethroid resistance in H. armigera imperative.

Cotton fibre maturity has several definitions.

Last season there were four (Siokra 1-4, Siokra L22, Sicala 33 and CS 189) CSIRO mainstream varieties being grown commercially in most districts.

The Cotton Research and Development corporation (CRDC) is funding a comprehensive 3-year project to discover the environmental fate of endosulfan sprayed on cotton for insect control.

During the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons planting date experiments were carried out at Narrabri Agricultural Research Station using a range of cotton varieties.

Macquarie Agribusiness report on the market for Australian raw cotton includes an overview of the Australian and world cotton industry.

The CSIRO breeding programs aim to produce varieties for all the different growing situations in Australia.

The insecticide, endosulfan, is still an effective weapon in the arsenal against Hellothis pest species. It fs used extensively in spring and summer as a cheap alternative to the synthetic pyrethroids.

A three year investigation is being undertaken at Massey University to study the effect of condensed tannins, heat and solvent extraction upon the nutritive value of cottonseed meal for ruminant and monogastric farm a

The performance of CSIRO varieties and new lines are evaluated each year in a series of regional trials, known as the Australian Cotton Cultivar Trial (ACCT).

Outbreaks of native budworm, Helicoverpa punctigera, often arise after egg laying by emigrant moths from distant populations.