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.

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 major aims of this trip were to attend three international conferences in areas of entomology, insect pathology and virology relevant to the long-term biological control of major cotton pests like Helicoverpa armi

The ACGRA discussed what the goals, objectives and directions it should be following in terms of research into soils, tillage and engineering issues.

This thesis assessed the effectiveness of a formulation of a chemical activator in bringing about systemic resistance to diseases in cotton in the light of reports of its action in other plants.

Twelve cotton defence-response genes were analysed to determine if there is any similarity between the response of the plant to fungal pathogens or symbionts.

The Bourke Sustainable Irrigated Cropping Systems project (B.S.I.C.S.P) was implemented in 1993-94 as an initiative of the Bourke Cotton Growers association and the Bourke Cotton Growers Landcare group.

The aim of this project was to capitalise on work completed during tenure of a CRDC/ APRA PhD Scholarship1 * Five gene products (messenger [m]RNAs) were isolated which are expressed at high levels in Si okra 1-2 cotto

Annual Report 1996-1997

These guidelines have been prepared to meet the objectives shown in the terms of reference. The main task of the guidelines is to provide a framework to improve the quality and appropriateness of program evaluation.

To improve the management of R&D programs, LWRRDC commissioned an ex-post evaluation of nine completed research projects, all of which were considered to have achieved their intended R&D outcomes.

The purpose of this project was to assist Agriculture Western Australia to develop a procedure for determining resource capability as a basis for the assessment and monitoring of rangelands in the grasslands of Northe

The National Eutrophication Management Program (NEMP) and Environment Australia convened a workshop to develop a coherent overview of the sources and transport of diffuse phosphorus in Australian catchments based on t

The objectives of the LWRRDC scoping review were: 1.

This report is a summation of the background, objectives, and acltievements of the research project funded by CRDC grant CSP4 7C. We would like to emphasize four particularly notable Q achievements.

This publication contains the findings and proceedings from the Optimising On and Off Farm Water Supply Systems Management workshop.

This project has focused specifically on grassy White Box woodland because of its scarcity and the extent to which it has disappeared or been degraded through competition with other rural land uses.

The aim of this project is to generate and evaluate transgenic cotton plants that are expected to have improved tolerance to fungal disease, in particular Verticillium and Fusarium wilts.