Program

The first Australian cloud seeding experiment was conducted by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in February 1947.

Raingrown cotton requires a considerable financial outlay hence many farmers seek to reduce their exposure or to 'hedge their bets' by planting in skip row configurations.

Integrated pest management (IPM), or integrated pest control as it was originally known, is not a new concept.

Competition for scarce water resources in northern inland New South Wales has raised concerns among irrigations about the specification of water property rights and the efficiency of use of water resources within and

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 (ACCD.

It has now been 11 years since the introduction of the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy in the 1983/84 season.

The aim of this research is to define the best rotation/management combination whereby yields and quality of subsequent cotton crops can be maximized and sustained over the long-term.

Australian Rainfed Cotton has been grown with startling results over the last 10 - 15 years.

In 1993 a series of experiments were established in the Namoi and Macquarie valleys to study the effects and benefits of rotation crops for subsequent cotton crops.

Simulations were run to test the sensitivity of OZCOT to varietal differences in developmental characteristics known to influence fruiting dynamics in cotton.

At the 1992 Australian Cotton Research Conference, we reported on field trials of a prototype Heliothis ID kit that were held during the 1991-92 growing season (Trowell et al., 1992).

The distinctive dark glands covering most of the aelial parts of the cotton plant are well known to growers.

Pengelly Farming Pty. Ltd. is a family owned and operated business in the Bowenville area of the inner Downs.

This is a new project that aims to develop diagnostic molecular probes for the most threatening insecticide resistance mechanisms in Australian H. armigera

Host plant resistance has long been a focus of the CSIRO cotton breeding program.

Cotton is but one of a number of fibers which the consumer can use to satisfy the need for clothing, household articles and industrial products.

Insecticide resistance continues to be a major problem for the cotton grower. It also is the focus of much of the research into the use and management of transgenic plants.

There have been claims that the addition of lime to irrigated heavy textured clays have improved soil conditions and yields.