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.

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.

Integrated pest management (IPM) is currently the most acceptable approach to pest control in the Australian Cotton Industry.

Sorghum is extremely attractive to ovipositing heliothis (Hencoveipo armigero) moths.

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

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.

Deep drainage is essential for the removal of salts from the reach of crop root systems.

Soil health has been defined as &quote; the capacity of soil to function as a vital living system, within ecosystem and land-use boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and

Cotton fibres, or lint, are very long single cells containing almost pure cellulose. The fibres develop in the weeks after flowering from single cells on the surface of the young seed.

The Australian Cotton Industry has enjoyed a reputation as a reliable supplier of high quality cotton. This reputation is underpinned by a progressive, effective and responsible industry.

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.

Biotechnology has been practiced in agriculture for millennia, including through traditional selection for pest resistant crop varieties.

It has been ten long years since the CoAG reform agreement was first formalised between the state and federal governments.

The natural resources (including land and water) of this planet are not inexhaustible, and therefore require continual management for them to remain sustainable.

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).

As with the introduction of any new technology, when it occurs rapidly, there is likely to be mixed views from users unless it is self-evident that its advantages out-weigh its disadvantages.

Our research addresses three questionsI. Is soil biodiversity reduced in agricultural soil compared with undisturbed soilsΓ2. Does cropping affect which groups of fungi are present in agricultural soilsΓ3.

The Early Season Diagnostic (ESD) tool has been developed by the cotton management support systems team based at the Cotton CRC's Technology Resource Centre.

Under limited water scenarios HydroLOGIC was able to optimise yield.- Irrigation application efficiencies were estimated to be near the industry average of 60 percent-Combining soil moisture probe information with Hyd

In June this year, I spent three days in a light aircraft traversing what seemed like the length of the country, looking at cotton farms and meeting with the people who are making their living out of these enterprises