A key challenge for the Australian cotton industry is to ensure that its’ reputation for high quality is maintained and year to year variation in yield is minimised.

CSIRO is strategically committed to extension of research and to development of tools and techniques to support a more productive and profitable cotton farming system which also has an improved environmental performan

Cotton production in Australia is limited by the lack of water availability in most years.

The project successfully captured interactions between cultivar (genetic) x season (environment) x field management x post processing (ginning) variables.

Deficit (VPD)) and reduced water availability as a consequence of climate change is likely to

affect cotton production. However, there had previously been little research to assess the realworld