Quality of fiber has long been a concern to textile mills. Growing areas such as the San Joaquin Valley in California have historically been paid a premium for consistently high quality.

A vision guidance system has been designed, built and commissioned which steers a tractor relative to the rows of a crop such as cotton .

The diet incorporation technique has been used to detennine the variability in the baseline susceptible response to Bt in a number of field populations of both Helicoverpa armigera & Helicoverpa punctigera.

It is probable the I.P.M. of the future will rely heavily on predators, parasites, pheromones, food sprays and deterrents, and that these systems will be developed at least in part in these organic fields.