Fusarium wilt was identified on the Darling Downs in the early 1990's and the disease has now been found in most cotton growing areas.

The CSIRO breeding program at the Australian Cotton Research institute at Narrabri alms to develop locally adapted varieties for use by Australian farmers, The program has been very successful in developing varieties

The CSIRO Advanced Lines Trial(ALT) has been run cooperatively by CSIRO and DPIQ for 26 years and is used as the last stage in our breeding line evaluation.

The CSIRO breeding program at the Australian Cotton Research Institute at Narrabri aims to develop locally adapted varieties for use by Australian farmers, The program has been very successful in developing varieties

The 1995/96 season saw the first occasion when CSIRO varieties with the Monsanto Ingard gene were tested on commercial farms. This article presents a summary of those trials.