The dyeing of cotton is influenced by chemical and physical interactions between dye molecules and the substrate, many of which are not well understood.

Since 2005, the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC (Cotton CRC) and the Namoi Catchment Management Authority (Namoi CMA) have had a partnership to work with cotton growers within the Namoi valley as well as other govern

Based on the data that has emerged from this project, the initial objectives were condensed to the following key issues of interest to the industry:

The broader focus of the projectis to look at mechanisms whereby the sustainability of Australian cotton can be determined and promoted through the textile supply chain.

The Australian Cotton Industry has always been held in high regard by the Australian and World Agricultural sectors due to its innate ability to focus on and overcome the challenges it faces.

Native fish populations in the Murray-Darling Basin are estimated at 10 % of pre-European settlement levels.

IrriSAT is a weather based irrigation water management and benchmarking service

that uses satellite imagery to better determine site specific crop coefficients that are

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This project was an integral component of the Education and Training sub-programme as it aimed to encourage an increase of primary and secondary students into science and agriculture based fields of study.

Australian irrigators are under increasing pressure to

maintain the viability of their farm businesses in the

face of reduced surface and ground-water allocations;

This project seeks to design, develop and test an integrated measuring tool that can be installed and recovered from the bed of streams and rivers.

The aim of this study was to conduct processing trials at the CMSE Cotton Mill, with a bale of the current Australian Long Staple Upland variety (Sicala 340BRF) with fibre properties that fall into stipulated specific

In response to the APVMA regulatory review of diuron, this project was initiated in response for two main purposes.

Australian cotton is purchased for a premium as it meets spinner’s requirements on the basis of quality and consistency.

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In Australian agro-ecosystems pest dynamics are changing, synthetic insecticides production are declining and there is evidence of increasing pest resistance or tolerance to transgenic plants.

Report from the Administration Officer, MCGA: I have recently taken up the reins of Macquarie Cotton Growers Association and, besides being on a steep learning curve, I am also following up on a few loose ends, one of

Cottonspec is a yarn quality prediction software developed by CSIRO with support from the CCC CRC, CRDC and Chinese partner mills.

The Australian cotton industry is now heavily reliant on genetically engineered Bt cotton for the control of Helicoverpa spp. and other moth pests.

The Cotton CRCD's Cotton Production Course was specifically designed to provide Australian cotton industry personnel with a university course that covered the crop science and natural resource management specific