Irrigation of cotton while substantially increasing yields, presents several new problems to the industry.

To the question Is Australian raw cotton or cottonseed oil genetically modifiedΓ' The answer is 'emphatically, NO!

The application of cotton defoliants has on occasions been observed to effect the growth of native trees.

We tested the suggestion that early season damage may limit the crops subsequent exploitation of moisture in the skip row, which may in turn 11nxit the crops ability to recover.

The nature of agricultural production has changed dramatically over the past decade, with more changes in the pipeline.

Resistance is an ongoing concern with the management of Helicoverpa armigera in the Australian cotton industry.

Can knowledge of climatic conditions and associated rainfall variability at time scales of several seasons to decades be used to improve cropping systems managementΓ This is a question at the core of this GRDC/CRDC fu

The current water debate is centred on the water reform initiatives being developed and implemented in each state.

The cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a serious pest of fibre, horticultural and ornamental crops world wide.

In the irrigated cotton-growing areas of south eastern Australia, there is an increasing awareness for the need for land resource information and its importance for environmental management.

The textile industry is well aware of the different bleaching conditions for cotton and wool.

Soils of high acidity are a major limitation to crop productivity in much of the world. In Australia acid soils covers about 40% of the total land area.

Gin trash and mixtures of gin trash were composted using a minimum of equipment and labour inputs.

Balanced fertilisation of major plant nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is a prerequisite for optimum growth and development of any crop including cotton.

There is an truism of journalism that the founding, and very successful, executive producer of 60 Minutes, Gerald Stone loved to repeat to his staff. It is one that will have special resonance for cotton growers.

Since 1992, experiments to validate the Decision Support System CottonLOGIC have been conducted.

The increasing difficulty of controlling cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, in Australia due to its resistance to many chemical insecticides and the pressure to reduce the usage of chemicals led to the adoption of

Salinity has increasingly been identified as one of the most serious environmental issues facing Australia (PMSEIC, 1998; MDBC, 1999).

Area-Wide Management (AWM) of heliothis (Helicoverpa spp. ) is not a new concept.

Neps are clusters of fibres or entanglements of fibres. They are classified as biological neps, mechanical neps and white specks.