This paper presents techniques used for rearing egg parasitoids on AGM eggs in an experimental facility at the QDPI Division of Plant Protection entomology laboratories in Toowoomba.

This paper provides an overview of the Cotton Research and Development Corporation project DDI lL, which is in its final year at the University of Southern Queensland.

There are, few parasitoids which specifically attack the pupal stage. This is perhaps understandable since pupae are not readily accessible, being in the soil.

Retained hills are now a well-established management strategy in the Australian Cotton Industry.

The question is asked - Why grow Pima in A ustraha? There are different answers. The most obvious is the economic consideration, then there is the challenge of doing something new and different.

Obviously, avoiding trafficking wet soil is one means of avoiding soil structural damage. Another is to use a vehicle with lower ground pressure, by using dual tyres, wide tracks, etc.

The importance of Heliothis has grown with the advent of resistance in H.armigera to various pesticides.

We have conducted a series of experiments at Trangie, Warren, Narrabri and Moree to examine the use of shallow leading tines in conjunction with rippers. Ripper depths of 300, 450 and 600 mm have been investigated.

In the 1991/92 season we started observations in both sprayed and unsprayed plots of different cotton varieties to record the numbers of fruit lost during the season and to identify the causes of shedding.

The companion project to SOILpak, "Soil management training for advisers to cotton growers" has made a good start in familiarising consultants and agronomists with structural recognition.

The reliance of the Australian cotton industry on insecticides for the control of insect pests represents a major economic and environmental concern. In the face of pesticide resistance in H.

Cotton fibre maturity has several definitions.

Cotton growers began to realise in the late 1970's that compaction of clay soils may have been a cause of declining yields. Research over the last 10 years has confirmed those suspicions.

A change of direction for entomoLOGIC and some improvements to hydroLOGIC will provide growers and consultants in the 1992/93 season with effective, low cost decision support systems for irrigation and pest management

Macquarie Agribusiness report on the market for Australian raw cotton includes an overview of the Australian and world cotton industry.

This project was established to find a simple, repeatable and reliable technique or series of techniques for consultants, extension personnel and managers to use to assess soil structural conditions in the field.

It has been 9 years now since the introduction of the Summer Crop Resistance Management Strategy in 1983/84 season.

A three year investigation is being undertaken at Massey University to study the effect of condensed tannins, heat and solvent extraction upon the nutritive value of cottonseed meal for ruminant and monogastric farm a

Nitrogen management plays a key role in cotton production. It is the nutrient required in greatest quantity by the crop and it is the nutrient most often deficient.