Objectives: A). To establish the uptake and partitioning patterns of potassium in cotton. B).

In this edition of WaterWheel you will find a supplement detailing the research and development projects being undertaken through NPIRD.

In this edition of WaterWheel you will find a supplement detailing the research and development projects being undertaken through NPIRD.

The cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a serious pest of fibre and horticultural and ornamental crops worldwide.

ACF simply contends that far too much water has been taken from the Murray Darling for irrigation and that insufficient water is left to manage in ways which meet the ecological needs of the rivers and their floodplai

The following is a summarised version of a paper written on research into two potential reference methods for a NIR fibre maturity and fineness instrument being developed at the United States Department of Agriculture

Farmers have probably always realised that soil is alive. Good soil seems to have certain intangible qualities, over and above its physical structure and chemistry. There is something special about topsoil.

With the imminent release of cotton varieties expressing the n\IGARD gene to control Helicoverpa the time has come to consider in detail the elements of the proposed resistance management plan for transgenic cotton.

This project sets out to address some of the problems associated with growing dryland cotton using reduced and notillage practices, and look for possible solutions which will allow cotton to be integrated into sustain

Australian cotton production areas are prone to significant damage by hail storms. Following a hail strike, a grower is left with trying to make the most out of what remains of his crop.

Biopesticides based on Heliothis nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV), one of the Baculovims group, are notable for their potency, specificity and safety.

Integrated pest management systems for cotton are now being developed that place a greater emphasis on beneficial insects (Mensah and Harris 1994, Murray et al. 1994).

Green mind, Creontiades dilitus (Stal), is an important sporadic pest of cotton at the seedling stage and through early squaring.

The DLWC (Department of Land and Water Conservation) has operated the Central and North West Regions Water Quality Program for the past 5 seasons in the Namoi,Gwydir, Macquarie and Border Rivers catchments.

The Australian cotton industry is heavily dependent on the use of chemical insecticides and herbicides.

Since the late 1980's secondary soil salinisation has been recognised as a potentially threatening problem in many of the irrigated cotton growing areas.

Many researchers are involved in the evaluation of rotation cropping in several cropping systems experiments being conducted throughout the cotton production area.

Australian cotton production areas are prone to significant damage by hail storms. Following a hail strike, a grower is left with trying to make the most out of what remains of his crop.

Resistance is a serious threat to transgenic cottons. Australian cotton growers are very familiar with the devastation that the industry can suffer from insecticide resistance, as in the Ord in the 1970s.

To examine the genetic similarity of cotton cultivars available in Australia, twelve cultivars of Gossypium hirsutum, together with an American Pima cotton (G.