The development and release of SIOKRA, the new okra-leaf variety, has created considerable interest with respect to pest management.

Early crop protection is a controversial subject in modern pest management. Grower magazines in Australia and the U.S. carry articles expressing firm opinions both for and against.

The scouting of cotton for eggs and larvae of Heliothis spp is a labour intensive and therefore expensive undertaking.

Each furrow irrigation waterlogs most of the root zone of cotton in cracking clay soils. This deprives the roots of oxygen, they take up less water and nutrients. and this reduces growth and yield.

Three species of pest mites are found in cotton in NSW and Qld: the two spotted mite, Tetranychus urticae, the bean mite, T. ludenli, and the strawberry mite, T. lambi. Of these T.

The cotton bollworm, Heliothis armigera Hubner, is the most serious pest of cotton in Thailand.

Answers to the questions : How do I find and use probes for scheduling irrigations? Are they used as the only scheduling tool? How do we use our water most effectively?

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The visits to research institutions proved extremely enlightening and valuable.

To determine the various factors affecting the loss of activity of insecticides on cotton over time.

The experiments reported here investigated the influence of high or low concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium on the multiplication of X.campestris pv. malvacearum in cotton leaf tissue.