Several issues developing around Bt crops [chickpea, pigeonpea, sorghum] at ICRISAT. Considerable difficulties with achieving high expression and lack of clear understanding of deployment or management needs.

"Evaluation of yield component changes in Australian cotton cultivars":The aim of this summer scholarship project was to measure the changes that have occurred in the yield components of Australian cotton cu

The course covered an introduction to IP, what types of IP existed(copywright, PBR, patents) and what is involved in securing IP (costs and duration). Several cases were presented to the participants as examples.

The performance of the first generation of transgenic (INGARD) plants released in Australia since 1996 was disappointing at a commercial level, despite the considerable reduction in pesticide usage required to grow th

Cotton growers are facing increasing pressure to manage resources more cost effectively and to be more accountable for the impact their decisions have on the surrounding environment.

Well designed irrigation storages and water courses on cotton farms can aid in the removal of sediment, nutrients and pesticides from irrigation water and enhance their habitat value for native plants and animals.

Biological “Soil health” is a highly complex issue. In broad terms, biologically active soils are

robust and resilient to change. Microbes produce complex arrays of metabolites, each species

The objective of the mission was to promote Australian cotton as being ‘clean and green’ following the BMP and EMS marketing initiatives amongst Indonesian traders and spinners.

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum (Fov) was first identified in Australia in 1993, and as

since become one of the most significant threats to the country's thriving cotton industry. The

An efficient and world standard computing system at ACRI has benefited all research programs through their use in data processing, storage, statistical analysis, modelling and the development of end-user packages.

This booklet summarises the current capacity to report on land salinity indicators pertaining to the land salinity "matter for target" agreed under the National Natural Resource Management Monitoring and Eva

Number of eggs and % Hatch is from collections from all crops supplied for Bt and

Conventional Chemistry Resistance monitoring.

International Soil and Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO).

The Cotton Stewardship Trial(MDBC 12/20),"Developing an environmental

management program for the Australian cotton industry" ("CST") was a

Travel to attend the 12th Cotton Conference, Gold Coast, August 2004. Abstract presented as a poster at the conference.

At a July 2004 meeting of the CHCG&IA Research and Technical Subcommittee it was resolved that DPI&F research staff develop a strategy to meet the regional R&D needs of the Emerald area, as identified in a

ACSA requested that a breeder attend a meeting between ACSA and Indonesian spinners to explain the history of FiberMax cotton and how Australian cotton fibre is at least as good as FiberMax.

A one-year scoping study determined and prioritised the important weed issues of cropping systems with dryland cotton (DAQ117C).

In Australia, the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, has a long history of resistance to

conventional insecticides, Transgenic cotton (expressing Bt toxin Cry1Ac) has been grown

Travel to participate in the 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conference, January 4th-7th, New Orleans, USA, to visit the USEPA in Washington, DC, USA, and to carry out research within the Centre for Toxicology, Department of Env