Multi- species cover cropping trial * Management Options Enhancing Beneficial Microbial Communities and Functions in Cotton Soils- Dr Gupta Vadakattu. * N trial summary *Macquarie Valley

This is a cardboard folder which contains 14 items - fact-sheets, policy papers, a guide and a bookmark. They are all knowledge products from the Defeating the Weed Menace R&D program.

Verticillium wilt of cotton is caused by Verticillium dahliae, a soil borne fungus that enters the roots and grows into the vascular system of the plant.

In the Australian cotton industry nutrition is a significant cost with 75% of irrigated cotton respondents to the 2012-13 grower practice survey spending between $300 and $600 per hectare on nutritional inputs for the

Soil compaction in the cotton industry has been identified as a major limitation to crop growth. This led to the establishment of several CRDC funded research projects dealing with the management of soil compaction.