It was May of 1984 while living in Japan; I received a call that our company had bought George H. MCFadden Co. I was told we had a 50% ownership in a gin in Australia and I was to go check it out ASAP.

One step in the production of transgenic cotton is the regeneration of whole plants from undifferentiated cells (calli) in which the gene of interest has been inserted.

The Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy (IRMS) for cotton is designed to manage insecticide use, maintain the susceptibility of pest species to insecticides and to manage resistance where it already exists so t

Australian cotton is viewed worldwide as a quality fibre and generally performs as expected.

The over reliance on, and widespread use of, synthetic insecticides has led to resistance, increased concerns about the long term environmental impacts, and public health issues (Smart et al 1994).

In modem society there has never been more emphasis placed on the accuracy and reliability of spatial information used for management of natural resources.

Bollgard II is simply cotton with better control of Helicoverpa and the same principles of management apply to Bollgard II as for conventional cotton.

Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and H. punctigera (Wallengren, commonly called heIiothis, have historically been the primary focus of cotton pest management in Australia (Fitt 1994; 2000).

Typically the fungus Thielaviopsis basicola, the casual organism for black root rot, is generally considered to be widespread in both cultivated and uncultivated soils; surveys were conducted in the catchments surroun

Uptakes of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, zinc, manganese, iron and copper were measured in an experiment evaluating nutrition of cotton in a newly developed field.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Vasinfectum (Fov) is considered the most destructive pathogen of cotton in Australia. In this study, BC3 progenies of chromosome addition lines between G.

The Assassin Bug, Pristhesancus plagipennis is a natural enemy with considerable promise for controlling HeIiothis (Helicoverpa spp.) and mirids in cotton.

Growers need to monitor soil and plant nutrient status, on a field-by field basis in order to manage soil fertility and avoid nutritional stress to their cotton crops.

While the importance of biodiversity in ecosystem function has been accepted for some time (Tilman & Downing 1994), only recently has the relative importance of the diversity of functional characteristics of t

Central Queensland currently enjoys an ascochyta blight free status, however the use of chickpeas as a winter trap crop has created a potential risk for the introduction of the disease.

To highlight key areas of Quality Control by both growers and ginners. To identify key quality issues of seed cotton modules both on farm and stored at gin sites.

Choosing the best time of sowing in a particular region can often be difficult, as it is a decision that must strike a balance between sowing too early and enduring problems associated with cold weather or sowing too

Most agriculturally important plants, including cotton, are colonised by soilborne fungi known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The AMF depend on the plant to supply their energy, in the form of sugars.

Silverleaf whitefly (SLW) is an introduced pest to Australia, having first been discovered in the early 1990's.

Increased pressures are being placed on irrigators in Australia to maximise their water use efficiency. This has in turn highlighted the need for more focused research and extension on water management.