The Industry Development Officer (IDO) of Moree (Julie O'Halloran) is part of the, Australian Cotton National Extension Team.

Fov is the causal organism of Fusarium wilt disease in cotton. This disease is of serious concern to the cotton industry in terms of potential yield loss.

An automatic flow analyser was purchased to analyse nitrate, phosphate, chloride and sulfate. The monies for the instrument were a combination of CRDC, Australian Cotton CRC and University of Sydney funding.

This project was undertaken in response to concerns raised by the NSW goverrrrnent

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC, formerly EPA) regarding the

Financial analysis usIng comparative statistics helps farmers identify relative strengths and

weaknesses. Accompanying budgets and long term business plans wlll then focus on ways to

'Biodiversity' refers to the diversity of genes, species, ecosystems and ecoregions. Like other

sectors in the Australian economy, the cotton industry has a duty of care to ensure its

This project followed on from the project funded in the last Cotton CRC 'Multi-Platform, decision support systems' that contributed to the development of the hand-held version of, CottonLOGIC as well as prov

In recent years water use has become an important issue for the cotton industry mainly due to prevailing drought, competition with other water users and environmental concerns.

Field cropping systems in southern NSW have traditionally been associated with the production of grain crops.

The aim of this report is to provide a picture of how IPM is working on the ground, by giving an understanding of the thoughts of cotton growers and consultants in relation to IPM.

Since1988, CRDC has funded a series of projects focussing on the management of problem weeds (nutgrass, polymeria takcall, cowvine, budda pea, lippia and others) and weed management systems for the cotton industry.

In July 2000, an Integrating Our Approaches workshop involving trigators from the Emerald

Irrigation Area (EIA) and Dawson Valley, private sector consultants, Industry Development

The cotton industry in the Gwydir Valley, like most forms of agriculture, is reliant on a range of 'free' ecosystem, services such as clean irrigation water, breakdown of chemicals in soils and water storage

The primary focus of this project is to develop sustainable, IPM based pest management systems for INGARD in north-western Australia.

In a two season study, results from large scale field trials, supported by laboratory bioefficacy experiments showed that the adoption of Large Droplet Placement (LDP) techniques for the aerial application of insectic

The original objectives were:, a.

The project focussed on understanding more about the egg parasitoid Trichogramma pretiosum.

This study followed on from a series of

focus groups run throughout the cotton

industry in 1997 to increase the

understanding of issues impacting on the

The major challenge to sustainable use of Bt cotton is the risk that the target pests, Helicoverpa spp, may evolve resistance to the engineered toxins.

Problems associated with pesticide application on the Darling Downs have not been solved by conventional strategies and alternate chemicals.