Objectives The objectives were to produce a pocket sized booklet which contained important BMP information for groundrig operators, including growers operating their own rigs.

This report has been prepared as a cotton management tool for the cotton growers and their consultants in the Darling Downs Cotton Management Group.

A Pilot Study carried out in a NSW cotton crop in 1993 showed that lint and seed production could be improved by up to 25% by honey bee pollination.

Project objectives a * Prepare cDNA libraries from young cotton ovules at the time fibre cells begin to initiate.* Sequence 2500 clones from the cotton cDNA libraries

OBJECTIVES * Quantify and compare the population densities of beneficial soil fauna! groups in commercial irrigated cotton fields that are managed using conventional, lngard, and Envirofeast technologies.

This preliminary six-month project was commissioned to investigate basic, entomological aspects of cotton production in the far-north Queensland (Richmond), environment.

objectives . To quantify the effects from multi-herbicide use on key soil biological processes in soils 2.

In April 2000, the RAAL R&D Program commissioned a Scoping Study to identify and scope the possible contribution of breeding, selection and biotechnology to develop new varieties of crop and pasture plants to help

Project objectives: To benchmark the distribution efficiency (DE) of the various components of a small, open channel gravity irrigation system and irrigation return flows from farms to the surface drainage system.

The report describes, analyses and evaluates approaches to the assessment of river systems and conservation values in other types of ecosystem.

Managing sustainable cotton production is becoming more difficult with the ever increasing demand on limited resources.

The use of natural (non-synthetic) chemicals to influence insect behaviour is likely to be well known, in one way or another.

Cotton integrated pest management (IPM) is a constantly evolving approach to managing insect and mite pests in cotton.

Thielaviopsis basicola is a ubiquitous soil borne fungal plant pathogen with a wide host ran e. It is the causal agent of black root rot on many agriculturally important crops such as cotton, tobacco and legumes.

In Australia, premature senescence (PS) is occurring with increasing frequency in cotton crops on soils with high levels of available K.

Soil fertility is the most important soil quality indicator that needs to be measured and monitored.

The apple dimpling bug (ADB), Campylomma liebknechti (Girault) is a sucking insect indigenous to Australia.

Neps are clusters of fibres or entanglements of fibres. They are classified as biological neps, mechanical neps and white specks.

Polymeria take-all is a native Australian plant which is particularly troublesome throughout the Australian cotton industry because it is difficult to control.

The CSIRO breeding program at the Australian Cotton Research institute at Narrabri alms to develop locally adapted varieties for use by Australian farmers, The program has been very successful in developing varieties