This can cover an enormous area because not only does technology intrude into every aspect of growing a crop, by the view of it can change drastically with each different farmer.

The actual decision regarding which seed variety to plant had to be made some months -ago by growers through CSD, this decision is mostly based upon a number of factors, viz: 1: Yield 2: Resistance to insects and dise

I have to tell you now that I will not be presenting such a perspective.

The major Australian cotton yarn spinners are encouraged by the improvements the researchers and the growers have managed to obtain in the newer varieties.

Genetic engineering involves the agronomic improvement of crop plants through the introduction of new genetic information (genes) originating from other organisms.

There are increasing areas of cotton grown in regions which are prone to cool seasons, eg. the Darling Downs, the upper Namoi and upper Macquarie valleys.

Your committee has asked me particularly to focus on the technological needs of the industry. As a background to this it's worth talking briefly about the research councils and their evolution.

It is now two years since we advi sed the previous conference on the progress of the trials so will take this opportunity for a further update.

Most herbicides are complex molecules and their decomposition often requires several different chemical conversions, each mediated by a variety of organisms.

The fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare(Berk. et Mont.) v. Arx (Walker and Nikandrow, unpublished data) was found causing anthracnose on X.

Four cotton breeding programs have been operating in Australia, three i n New South Wales and one in Queensland .

As the first presentation on this topic I would like to very briefly outline the major advantages of producing an early crop.

The objective of the cotton breeding programme is to breed cultivars which are adapted to central Queensland environments.

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Travel Daly Narrabri research conference

The main aim of this trip was to report to the international scientific community on the progress of the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy that has been implemented in Australia to contain pyrethroid and endo

The overall aim of the soils research program based at Trangie has been to develop management strategies that maximise the profitability of irrigated cropping by: (i) correcting yield limiting soil physical problems;

The aims of the project are to provide a basis for sound irrigation management of cotton through studies of: � (i) Crop response to a range of irrigation management options in terms of crop irrigation efficiency (yiel

Changes in Helicoverpa populations in non cropping areas

Project aims: (i) to investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of Heliothis adult and larval abundance, mortality and host use by each species and their dispersal from other crops into cotton.