The potential for chilling conditions in many Australian cotton growing regions during early growth and development stages demonstrates the need for assessing cold tolerance of cultivars.

A ZIp file of CD contents :The Natural Resources Information Management Toolkit (the Toolkit) has been prepared by the National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) and ANZLIC – the Spatial Information Council

The Australian Cotton Industry has been actively practising insecticide resistance management for 25 years, with the introduction of the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy (IRMS) in 1983.

Cotton pickers with on-board module builders (OBMB) eliminates the need for boll buggies, module builders, the tractors, and labor needed to operate this machinery.

Australian companies have approximately $500 million invested in Ginning Infrastructure in Qld and NSW.

Herbicide resistance is an ever increasing hurdle for sustainable agriculture, not only in Australia but worldwide.

We are now in uncharted waters as to our best way forward; are we just experiencing a dry cycle or is this, the permanent weather pattern for the foreseeable future - "Climate Change"; nobody really knows.

Data from last season was used to test the critical period for weed control approach for irrigated and dryland Roundup Ready Flex cotton crops.

Nitrogen losses can be high from irrigated cropping soils, but these losses can be minimised with careful attention to N fertiliser management.

Rotations are important to plant disease because they affect the survival and reproduction of plant pathogens and the biology and quality of soil.

Plant parasitic nematodes are serious pathogens of cotton worldwide and have potential to increase the severity of vascular wilts.

* Cotton aphid and two-spotted mite were collected from Australian cotton growing regions and tested in the laboratory for insecticide resistance., * For the third consecutive season molecular testing was used to dete

The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Programme was established in 1990 to improve the effectiveness of Australia's research and development effort.

While the southern valleys of NSW present a great opportunity for expansion of the cotton industry, they also present unique challenges from a plant disease perspective.

In Australia, about 85% of cotton farmers grows transgenic (Bt) cotton. Bt cotton controls only Lepidopteran pests but is not effective against sucking pests. Control of these pests and also b Helicoverpa spp.

A new relationship between the Cotton Industry and Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) bodies has successfully capitalised on the implementation of NRM Best Management Practices within cotton catchments.

A simulation framework, VARIwise, is being developed to evaluate control strategies for cotton irrigation via lateral moves and centre pivots.

Poster- Fleabane is an increasing problem in summer fallows and crops in minimal tillage farming systems., * Fleabane produces up to 375,000 seeds per plant., * Fallow weed control costs have doubled due to fleabane i

Season yield summary _ Helicoverpa management in chickpea _ Helicoverpa management in cereals If you have ideas for Cotton Tales please let

Soil Sampling Guidelines for Cotton and Other Summer Crops.