This project was an integral component of the Education and Training sub-programme as it aimed to encourage an increase of primary and secondary students into science and agriculture based fields of study.

In response to the APVMA regulatory review of diuron, this project was initiated in response for two main purposes.

Australian cotton is purchased for a premium as it meets spinner’s requirements on the basis of quality and consistency.

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In Australian agro-ecosystems pest dynamics are changing, synthetic insecticides production are declining and there is evidence of increasing pest resistance or tolerance to transgenic plants.

The Cotton CRCD's Cotton Production Course was specifically designed to provide Australian cotton industry personnel with a university course that covered the crop science and natural resource management specific

Report from the Administration Officer, MCGA: I have recently taken up the reins of Macquarie Cotton Growers Association and, besides being on a steep learning curve, I am also following up on a few loose ends, one of

Cottonspec is a yarn quality prediction software developed by CSIRO with support from the CCC CRC, CRDC and Chinese partner mills.

The Australian cotton industry is now heavily reliant on genetically engineered Bt cotton for the control of Helicoverpa spp. and other moth pests.

During 2008‐2011, the Australian Cotton industry faced numerous challenges when it experienced significant drought over a number of years, followed by crippling floods in late 2010, early 2011.

Plant growth promotion is a complex phenomenon that often cannot be attributed to a single mechanism, as most PGP microbes are capable of multiple mechanisms and in some cases their PGP effect may only occur through i

The Gwydir Valley Cotton Growers Association (CGA) committee identified the need and the opportunities to extend our information and industry advocacy services to a broader audience of growers and the community.

This project aimed to improve cotton irrigation WUE using dynamic deficits to (i) avoid plant stress and maximize yield and (ii) make the most effective use of in-crop rainfall.

Any cotton imported into Australia is treated to ensure that the consignment is free of live insects, soil and other debris (faeces, animal materials etc) and to verify that any quarantine risk material present will b

This project has sort to identify the potential to measure the value added from training of on farm employees.

The program was full of significant experiences, but the Kimberley was the most significant for me. The Kimberley session laid the foundations for the test of the course.

Aspects of this project were delivered in collaboration with the GRDC project BGC00001 “Raising awareness of drift reduction techniques.”

Due to the large percentage of Boll disorders and diseases that have occurred in Central Queensland Cotton production system in recent years, growers and advisers are attempting to find some answers to eliminate the r

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Over the last decade, grape growers in SE South Australia have had their water entitlements

converted to volumetric allocations, experienced a reduction in annual rainfall and seen a