The wild Australian Gossypium species arei subdivided into three sections. Sturtia. Hibiscoidea and Grandicalyx. The first two sections together contain five species.

Over the last six or seven years, seasonal forecasts provided by the Bureau of Meteorology's National Climate Centre have been based on statistical relationships between rainfall and the EI Nino-Southern Oscil

The CSIRO Cotton Cultivar Trial (CCT has been run cooperativeIy by CSIRO and DPIQ for 22 years and is used as the last stage in our breeding fine evaluation.

Crop monoculture frequently causes a build up of weeds, diseases, insects and soil fertility problems.

The Australian cotton industry is at the dawn of a new age in cotton production: an age where most, if not all, of the cultivars in use will carry the products of gene technology.

The Agricultural Engineering Research Unit, based at Trangie ARC, undertook a research program to ensure an even and adequate (but not excessive) supply of NH3 to the crop in conditions which allow full utilisation by

Australian cotton production areas are prone to significant damage by hail storms. Following a hail strike, a grower is left with trying to make the most out of what remains of his crop.

The introduction of Bt-transgenic cotton (Ingard) should lead to an overall reduction in insecticide use.

The introduction of transgenic cotton expressing the CrylAc insecticidal crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is expected to provide the basis for pest management in cotton in the near future and to reduce

The cotton monocultural system in most of the production areas in Australia strongly discriminates against natural enemies and favours the development of pest outbreaks.

Since 1992, CSRO Cotton Research Unit has conducted large scale insect management trials in the upper and lower Namoi Valley.

Although growers spend much of their time and resources in protecting their cotton crop against attack by insect pests and diseases the plant itself is already well armed against these invaders and your task might be

ACF simply contends that far too much water has been taken from the Murray Darling for irrigation and that insufficient water is left to manage in ways which meet the ecological needs of the rivers and their floodplai

A new project at Narrabri aims to develop methods of breeding cotton varieties that per/ orm better under dryland and limited water situations.

The computer based decision support system, entomoLOGIC was first developed five years ago as a basic prototype. The first release of the DOS version for commercial use was at the Cotton Conference in 1992.

With the imminent release of cotton varieties expressing the n\IGARD gene to control Helicoverpa the time has come to consider in detail the elements of the proposed resistance management plan for transgenic cotton.

Fungal diseases, in particular Verticillium wilt, and, more recently, Fusarium wilt, have the potential to cause major losses in Australian cotton production.

This project sets out to address some of the problems associated with growing dryland cotton using reduced and notillage practices, and look for possible solutions which will allow cotton to be integrated into sustain

Glycinebetaine is a compound that some plants accumulate as a defence against stress conditions. In this paper we demonstrate that the application of glycinebetaine to cotton seed increased plant yield.

Nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) remains one of the major problem weeds of cotton production.