The title of my paper reflects the overriding precedence of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the future of pest management for Australian cotton.

Precision agriculture (PA) research for cotton in Australia began in 1997 and has followed a clear path aimed at discovering key information for the Industry.

A plant disease is an interaction between a plant host, a pathogen and the environment. Most plants are immune or completely resistant to almost all plant pathogens.

In June 1997 a Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) funded project was initiated in the Emerald Irrigation Area (EIA), for the development of management strategies to minimise off-site movement of pollut

Australia-wide insecticide resistance surveying of cotton aphid populations identified pirimicarb, organophosphate, endosulfan and pyrethroid resistance.

Fusarium wilt of cotton has emerged as a major threat to cotton production, since it was first recorded in Australia in 1993.

The issues of succession planning does riot only relate to cotton families, or farming families for that matter, but is a worldwide issues for many small, medium and even large business where ever more than one family

The obvious symptoms of waterlogging response in cotton are leaf chlorosis (yellowing) and dropping squares & bolls.

The resistance of commercial cultivars of cotton to bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv.

Bioassays were conducted to investigate the effect of milk powder additives on the performance of a heliothis nucleopolyhedrovirus (Gemstar) and Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel SC) on mungbeans and cotton.

Bacterial blight of cotton is caused by the bacterium Xanthamonas campestris pv. malvacearum (Xcm).

You may or may not be aware that lain a member of the ITMF Spinners Committee. This Committee is made up of spinners from twelve different countries that represent over 70% of the total world consumption of cotton.

Endosulfan has proved to be a cheap and efficacious insecticide. It provides ongoing value in the protection of conventional and transgenic cotton crops against Heliothis and other Insect pests.

Damage caused by chewing and sucking pests does not necessarily lead to a yield loss in cotton.

Micro-organisms can be identified by the size or sequence of a portion of their DNA, and this information can suggest if they are likely to cause disease.

International cotton prices, as measured by the Cotlook A Index, fluctuated around 60 Us cents per pound in May and June 2000, marking a 16-cent recovery in 6 months.

The silverleaf whitefly (SLW), Bemisia tabaci B-biotype was first discovered in Australia in 1994 (Gunning et al , 1995).

Water use has become an important issue locally and globally. There is increasing competition between agricultural, industrial, domestic and environmental sectors.

Plants may look simple and defenceless, however on-going genetic research is revealing a complex system that detects harmful organisms and triggers a battery of plant defence responses.

As new insecticides for cotton pests are developed, it is important that the cotton industry has its own independent assessment of their effect on beneficial fauna.