These proceedings represent the outcomes of one of Australia's most successful R&D programs in natural resources management - minimisation of the impact of pesticides on the riverine environment.

The Australian cotton industry is heavily dependent on the use of chemical insecticides and herbicides.

The main aim of this trip was to report to the international scientific community on the progress of the Insecticide Resistance Management St(ategy that has been implemented in Australia to contain pyrethroid and endo

A new monitoring technique has been devised which enables individual larvae to be screened for pyrethroid/endosulfan resistance directly from the field without changing their genetic makeup.