Dall'Alba notes that we have no shortage of competitors', and 'we should not take the current high rating of our Australian cotton for granted'.

Even though the Australian cotton industry is based on a high input irrigated system, there is an increasingly significant area of dryland cotton.

The performance of CSIRO varieties and new lines are evaluated each year in a series of regional trials, known as the Australian Cotton Cultivar Trial (ACCT).

As the Cotton Breeder for Deltapine Australia this presentation will concentrate on the breeding program and aim to cover the following *The performance of Deltapine Varieties in 1991 /92 *The specific factors Deltapi

In 1990, a C.R. & D.C.