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

Knowledge is one of our most valuable and intangible assets.

During Phase I of the project "Assessment of Ecological Risk Associated with Irrigation Systems in the Goulburn Broken Catchment" (Cottingham et al., 2001) adverse changes to the abundance and diversity of n

Any future expansion of irrigated agriculture in Australia is likely to occur in northern Australia.

This report been prepared by the CIE as part of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation. The financial assistance provided by the Program through Land and Water Australia is gratefully acknowledged.

This booklet aims to help researchers improve communication of research findings to policy makers at all levels of government.

An introduction to the South Australian native pasture project, which sets out the objectives, outcomes, proposed methods and contact details.

In this issue: Pan evaporation defying the trends: new research; Masters of Climate revisited Innovative farmers coming through drought; Managing Climate Variability million dollar boost; New faces for MCV; Irrigator

Annual report for Land and water for 2003 - 2004 (formerly known by its legal title, the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation)

Research has shown that in-stream water temperatures control ecological processes (i.e. ecosystem metabolism) and directly regulate biodiversity when upper lethal limits of resident aquatic fauna are exceeded.

This final report discusses the: * development, methodology, outcomes and outputs of the three research projects funded by the OBP under the Aboriginal Management and Planning for Country subprogram (SP5) * the work o

Australian cotton is grown in a relatively compact and contiguous part of the country.

Vetch is a winter-growing legume being increasingly grown in rotation with cotton.

An outline of the goal, research themes and research strategies for the Land & Water Australia's social and institutional research 2005 - 2010