There is considerable interest within the Australian cotton industry for new varieties with improved fibre quality that attract a price premium.

The presence of an active interaction between plants and microbiological life in soil has been accepted for many years.

The Australian Government’s investment in Firestarter’s One Life, One World, Our Future - Education for Sustainability Program in developing this Icon Project has created hundreds of regional and state partnerships be

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp vasinfectum (FOV) has merged as a very serious pathogen of cotton, which apparently lacks good sources of endogenous resistance to Fusarium wilt.

Due to the ongoing drought throughout the cotton growing regions there has been a decline in both investment dollars and human resources.