This project was designed to support the deployment and continued use of transgenic (INGARD) cotton in the Australian cotton industry.

Cotton's share of world textile fibre consumption is falling and now equals less than 45%, down about five percentage points since 1986 when cotton's share was 50%.

Has the introduction of Bt genes into the cotton plant affected its capacity for compensation after insect damage? This question is relevant for three reasons.

Transgenic plants are rapidly dominating World agriculture and already the produce from millions of acres of transgenic insect and herbicide tolerant cotton, corn, soybean and canola being traded around the World, pre

Information on the likely tinting of Autumn diapause induction in Helicoverpa is useful for growers planning to cultivate cotton stubble for &quote;pupae busting&quote;.

Traditional methods of generating soil information on the field scale have involved the design and adoption of soil sampling regimes and laboratory analysis.

Cotton-trash and feedlot-manure has been processed by composting worms over three months to produce vermicompost, an organic residue reputed to improve soil conditions for plant growth.

With the advancement in production of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that are species specific the use of serological assay as a tool for assessing natural enemies has increased during the last decade (Greenstone 1996).

Neps cause significant financial losses to the textile industry. This paper defines different types of cotton neps, their sources and measurements, and the current state of knowledge about research on neps.

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

Although cotton is grown on fertile soils, commonly nutrient deficiencies become apparent due to many factors. Cotton has a high demand for many nutrients which are taken up over a period of weeks (Table I).

It is necessary to research multiple stresses on cotton as plants are generally exposed to many stresses in the field, and interactions between them are largely unpredictable.

In the race for market share, the cotton industry faces strong competition from chemical fibres.

The Australian cotton industry now has a new version of the SOILpak manual.

An important requirement for successful management of Helicoverpa spp. In Australian cotton is a reliable and effective monitoring system.

The commercial release in Australia, in 1996, of transgenic cotton containing the Cry1Ac gene of Bacillus thruingiensis Berliner var.

In recent years community interest in the development of the irrigation industry throughout Australia has increased significantly.

This project involved a travel grant for the purpose of attendance by CRC and CROCsupported personnel at two international congresses (IUPAC's International Congress on Pesticide Chemistry, London August 2-7, 199

In WaterWheel 9 we particularly focus on _educational issues for irrigators.

The goal of this project was to determine a process for successful technology transfer and adoption at a pilot scale, in relation to attempting to identify and evaluate technologies to enable farmers to make informed