Attendance to present an invited paper in the symposium "Evolution of Insecticide Resistance" on genetics of resistance in Helicoverpa at the XXI International Congress of Entomology.

The efficacy of Bt cotton plants against field populations of Hencove, :po grinigero has not been consistent over the growing season.

Australian cotton production is in the process of adopting new trarisgenic

(INGARD) technology for managing heliothis and other caterpillars. INGARD

The CIE undertook the modelling analysis of the implications of changes in barriers for US production and imports offibre specific yarns, fabrics and apparel, US consumer expenditure on textiles and clothing, and Aust

The need and motivation for a workshop on modelling water movement in cracking soils arose out of the National Program on Irrigation and Development(NPIRD) Project DAN11,

The initiation of the purchase of the high clearance applicator was derived after the research officer (Grant Roberts) conducted experiments at seven different field sites in I997/1998 from Carrol in NSW to Bowenville

The project compared the droplet spectrum (by volume) emitted by a RAD aerial rotary atomiser mounted on a standard bracket, a RAD atomiser mounted on a extra long (XL) bracket and a Micronair AU5OOO nozzle mounted in

Dr Brubaker was invited to present of summary of the research completed under CRDC grant CSP85Cand continuing under CSP120C in the cotton workshop during the IX Plant and Animal genome conference (Jan 17-18 2001) in S

Feasibility trials conducted showed that the addition of lubricant helped preserve fibre length during lint cleaning.

the 5th International Conference on Precision Agriculture* was held in Bloomington, Minnesota from July 16 - 19, 2000.

Pedotransfer functions, which predict difficult-to-measure soil properties, such as hydraulic, properties, from more easy-to-obtain soil properties, such as texture and organic matter, content, have been widely develo

White specks (undyed neps) in dyed fabric samples are a quality problem that arises from neps of immature cotton.

The silverleaf whitefly (SLW) was first discovered in Australia in 1994. At the

Quantitative Bt ELISA assays have only recently become available as a research

tool. This research will not only assist cotton breeders in identifying lines which possess

The development of decision support systems to assist cotton growers is a key part of

facilitating sustainable cotton cropping within Integrated Pest Management principles.

DNA based diagnostics has become increasingly utilised in the agriculture sector both in the diagnosis of pathogens and pests as well as in molecular marker assisted breeding.

Objective - To order and purchase a new file server and install it at ACRI. Achieved - A new file SERVER (Dell AS-P11/4400) has been installed at ACRI and is fully functional.

Abstract and poster format of research relating to project CSP105C was presented at the International Conference held in Colorado, USA, as part of the Keystone Symposium series.

Adoption of BMP in all facets of cotton growing and processing is now well underway.