In a nutshell the answer to this question is profitability. Area Wide management (AWM) has worked very well on my farm.

Successful communications at a community level is not a new concept.

The cotton industry in Australia continues to be Tenant on insecticide and fertiliser inputs to maintain yields.

Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to firstly define what is meant by an integrated pest management (IPM) program. Basically an IPM program should - I. Provide effective control of the pest complex. 2.

The existing harvesting technologies are systems which have been developed and refined over the past 50 plus years From the humble no cab, single row mechanical harvester to today's six row machines, technologies

The current cotton industry IPM guidelines promote the use of predator/prey ratios when making pest management decisions. This involves assessing the numbers of key predators within the cotton crop.

Blending of two or more different fibre types is of crucial significance to the textile industry.

What are the potential Benefits Growers are Looking for when planting Cotton into Wheat StubbleΓ Since the introduction of effective knock-down herbicides, farmers all over the world have tried to use zero-tillage pra

The use of plant growth regulators has been a common practice in the production of Australian cotton for at least two decades.

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.

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

Irrigation of cotton while substantially increasing yields, presents several new problems to the industry.

To the question Is Australian raw cotton or cottonseed oil genetically modifiedΓ' The answer is 'emphatically, NO!