The goal of this project was to determine a process for successful technology transfer and adoption at a pilot scale, in relation to attempting to identify and evaluate technologies to enable farmers to make informed

This review explores some of the more innovative techniques and procedures that can be used to improve regional resource use planning outcomes in rangelands.

This project involved a travel grant for the purpose of attendance by CRC and CROCsupported personnel at two international congresses (IUPAC's International Congress on Pesticide Chemistry, London August 2-7, 199

Microbial damage to raw cotton, sometimes referred to as weathering damage, is a common event in most parts of the world. Microbes, viz. bacteria and fungi, are omnipresent in the environment.

As low densities of heliothis may survive on Bt transgenic plants late in the season, a specific late season control for heliothis is valuable to reduce the survival of individuals resistant to Bt toxin.

Has the introduction of Bt genes into the cotton plant affected its capacity for compensation after insect damage? This question is relevant for three reasons.

In his paper to you, Mike Logan, our youngest Cotton Australia Board Director, said to you, &quote;unless we have the support of the local communities, we are doomed to extinction&quote;.

Traditional methods of generating soil information on the field scale have involved the design and adoption of soil sampling regimes and laboratory analysis.

Transgenic Bt (Ingard) cotton has been the biggest step achieved so farm reducing insecticide applications to cotton in Australia.

We compared the responses of dryland and irrigated cotton to damage caused by two spotted spider mites in a field experiment at Narrabri. Mites colonies developed at similar rates in irrigated and dryland crops.

The silverleaf whitefly (SLW), Bemisia tabaci B-biotype, was first discovered in Australia in 1994 (Gunning et al 1995).

Although cotton is grown on fertile soils, commonly nutrient deficiencies become apparent due to many factors. Cotton has a high demand for many nutrients which are taken up over a period of weeks (Table I).

Many growers show little or no interest in their cotton once it leaves the farm gate.

Good average irrigated yields have been achieved on the Darling Downs by most growers this season while dryland crops on average did not fare so well due to the unseasonal hot dry conditions.

The Australian cotton industry now has a new version of the SOILpak manual.

An important requirement for successful management of Helicoverpa spp. In Australian cotton is a reliable and effective monitoring system.

Tractors and harvesters that steer themselves would have sounded like science fiction 10 years ago, yet today there are several systems which can effectively guide machinery.

Australian cotton production relies heavily on the use of pesticides for control of Helicoverpa spp. As a result insecticide resistance has become a major problem (Daly and Paschalidis 1994).

In recent years community interest in the development of the irrigation industry throughout Australia has increased significantly.

The long term production of cotton it the same field often leads to low yields, even with 1:large amounts of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertiliser.