Travel grant: 9th Biennial Conference Australasian Plant Pathology Society

To help coordinate and ensure good collaborative ties between these research groups and to broaden the understanding of soil salinity within the industry, the CRC initiated the development of a Strategic Plan on salin

The aim of this project is to.assess the efficacy of three new classes of hydrolase genes that might have insecticidal activity when introduced into transgenic cotton.

To develop cotton varieties capable of germinating and establishing in cool soils, seed of Siokra S324 was mutated to induce variation. Ii.

A vision guidance system has been designed, built and commissioned which steers a tractor relative to the rows of a crop such as cotton .

It is probable the I.P.M. of the future will rely heavily on predators, parasites, pheromones, food sprays and deterrents, and that these systems will be developed at least in part in these organic fields.

Premature senescence caused by potassium deficiency has been most severe on soils that are considered deficient or marginal in potassium for cotton growth ie.

Permanent beds are becoming popular in the cotton industry, but problems remain with matching equipment and tyre sizes to the beds and furrows.

The Total Catchment Management ("TCM'') philosophy was formalised in NSW in 1980 with the passing of the Catchment Management Act which provides a clear legislative base for the operation of TCM Committ

There are both anecdotal and well documented reports indicating that unsprayed cotton can be profitable.

In this article I will chiefly focus on the this problem on soils with adequate levels of soil potassium.

Watertable rises resulting from irrigation are evident in several areas in the Murray Darling Basin, with groundwater level rises of up to 70 cm per year being reported in the Riverina and 50 cm in the Lower Macquarie

In 1994, the Australian cotton farmer must use a wide range of costly chemicals to harvest a profitable crop. These chemicals vary significantly in their degree of hazard. Some chemicals (e.g.

Raingrown cotton is becoming a very important component of the Australian industry: the relative proportion of the crop grown with rain has been increasing over the past ten years.

The irrigated cotton industry in Australia has been developed around major river systems to allow water to be pumped to farm storages and then recirculated on farm using flood irrigation techniques.

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In recent years Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) have made available a range of CSIRO varieties with different attributes, thus enabling farmers to choose varieties best suited to their particular situation.

In 1992 we started work on an alternative way of detecting pesticide residues, based on the application of medical immunodiagnostic tests.

Integrated pest management (IPM), or integrated pest control as it was originally known, is not a new concept.

Attendees at the 1992 Australian Cotton Conference sat in silence as two speakers promoted completely opposite approaches to insect pest management in raingrown cotton.