This report provides the findings of Phase 1 for the Goulburn Broken irrigation area and seeks to identify likely ecological risks associated with irrigation systems in the Goulburn Broken catchment.

In this issue: Focus on Murray Irrigation Limited Area; Burdekin groundwater sustainability initiative: Water use efficiency -what does it mean

In this publication Theme: River and riparian habitat for fish; Freeing-up our rivers for native fish: Coastal fisheries and agriculture; A basin wide plan for native fish; Fish habitat management challenges; The Nati

In this issue . . . . Forecasts use up; Climate forecasting adding value to sugar Lake Eyre: the ENSO integrator; South-eastern Australia and the SOI; Agribusiness Report

National Dryland Salinity Program Investment Profile 1998 2003

NUTRIpak is a manual of cotton nutrition, designed to inform cotton growers and consultants of theimportance of providing their crops with a sufficient supply of nutrients and improving their fertilizer management.

Map of Australia with Surface water management areas annotated

Newsletter from the National Program for Irrigation Research and Development program.

White specks (undyed neps) in dyed fabric samples are a quality problem that arises from neps of immature cotton.

Objective - To order and purchase a new file server and install it at ACRI. Achieved - A new file SERVER (Dell AS-P11/4400) has been installed at ACRI and is fully functional.

Agricultural aircraft are of great importance to the Australian cotton industry. Specialised

Adoption of BMP in all facets of cotton growing and processing is now well underway.

During the period May 2001 - June 2002 members of the weeds focus team, headed by the co-ordinating editor Dr Stephen Johnson, have worked to produce WEEDpak.

Profitability of cotton production is being theathened by resource limitations and reduced margins.

The primary purpose of the travel was to attend the "Gene and genome duplications and the evolution of novel gene functions. Conference which was held in Aussios, France from the 25/4/2001 to the 30/4/2001.

The efficacy of Bt cotton plants against field populations of Hencove, :po grinigero has not been consistent over the growing season.

The Vth International conference on B. thuringiensis was well attended with almost all the leading Bt researchers participating.

Black root rot is caused by the soil borne fungus Thielaviopsis basicola, which

causes disease in over 137 species of plants (Honess at a1. , 1994). T basicola

The International Congress of Entomology is the premier conference in this field. There were a wide range of symposia/sessions, many with particular emphasis on topics of relevance to agriculture and cotton.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Verticillium wilt was the most widespread

and important disease of cotton in Australia. The widespread adoption of