In the irrigated cotton-growing areas of south eastern Australia, there is an increasing awareness for the need for land resource information and its importance for environmental management.

The textile industry is well aware of the different bleaching conditions for cotton and wool.

Soils of high acidity are a major limitation to crop productivity in much of the world. In Australia acid soils covers about 40% of the total land area.

Gin trash and mixtures of gin trash were composted using a minimum of equipment and labour inputs.

Balanced fertilisation of major plant nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is a prerequisite for optimum growth and development of any crop including cotton.

There is an truism of journalism that the founding, and very successful, executive producer of 60 Minutes, Gerald Stone loved to repeat to his staff. It is one that will have special resonance for cotton growers.

Since 1992, experiments to validate the Decision Support System CottonLOGIC have been conducted.

The increasing difficulty of controlling cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, in Australia due to its resistance to many chemical insecticides and the pressure to reduce the usage of chemicals led to the adoption of

Salinity has increasingly been identified as one of the most serious environmental issues facing Australia (PMSEIC, 1998; MDBC, 1999).

Area-Wide Management (AWM) of heliothis (Helicoverpa spp. ) is not a new concept.

Fusarium wilt of cotton, which is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp vasinfectum (Fov) is a relatively new disease in Australia.

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

Spray application technology

Phosphorus (P) fertiliser usage in the cotton industry has increased six-fold in the period between 1981 and 2000.

A project examining ways of improving the water use efficiency of cotton through breeding has now been completed. This paper summarises the results of four years research.

Responsible cotton production - this is the future. Increasingly the growing of cotton will need to be conducted in a way that minimises its perceived impact on the environment and greater community.

Polymeria takeall, or Peak Downs curse, is a deep rooted, rhizomatous, perennial weed which spreads from seeds and rhizomes. It tolerates cultivation and can be spread by cultivation.

Cotton integrated pest management (IPM) is a continuously evolving pest management philosophy.

Put simply, Area Wide Integrated Pest Management is the combined effort of a number of farmers and their advisers to manage pests using all the tools available with minimum impact on beneficial insects, the environmen

The cotton industry's Best Management Practices (BMPP) program was released in late 1997. An industry commitment was made to have 100 percent grower adoption of BMP by the 30th June 2001.