The Spring edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, provides growers and the wider industry with all the latest R&D news and information as the 2013-14 crop is planted.

COTTON CREATES EXCITEMENT IN QLD SCHOOLS . . . 3

INDUSTRY IMPROVED BY GETTING BACKTO GRASS ROOTS . . . 5

GRANTS HELP GROWERS . . . 6

STEPPING OUT OF THE DRIVER’S SEAT . . . 7

CRDC ready FOR THE CHALLENGE . . . 8

HOW DID THEY GET TO THIS? . . . 10

HERBICIDE RESISTANCE: IT’S EVERYONE’S ISSUE…11

IS SOWTHISTLE NEXT? . . . 13

OFF-FARM VOLUNTEER COTTON: A LOCAL THREAT . . . 14

COTTON ACTION PLAN . . . 15

ROGUE COTTON HAS A NEW NEMESIS . . .16

NO REFUGE FOR BOLLGARD II VOLUNTEERS . . .17

Bt RESISTANCE: Measuring success one

season at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

‘MOST VALUABLE’ INFORMATION RESOURCE . . . 20

PIGEON PEA REFUGES – A SMART CHOICE FOR RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT . . . 21

MAINTAINING & IMPROVING PIGEON PEA REFUGES . . . 23

TESTING CANOPY SENSORSFOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING . . 24

RAINING DOLLARS . . . 25

WATERpak : ONE-STOP SHOP FOR WATER

MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION INFORMATION . . . 25

STUDY TO ASSESS WATER CONNECTIVITY IN THE CONDAMINE . . .27

NORTHERN BASIN: 2015 AND BEYOND . . . 28

A RIPARIAN REGENERATION . . .29

EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY AT MOREE . . .30

RESEARCH WELL UNDERWAY .. . 31

FLYING HIGH DOWN SOUTH . . .31

SPECIALIST ON BOARD TO NAVIGATE A CARBON FARMING FUTURE . . . 32