Helicoverpa spp. moths continue to pose significant pest management problems for Queensland cotton growers. To address the Helicoverpa spp.

The Cotton Rivers and Climate Change project assesses the impacts of climate change on water resources in the Gwydir, Border and Condamine-Balonne River Systems of north-east NSW and southern Queensland.

INGARD® Cotton varieties express Bt toxin in all plant parts except for the flowers.

The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii is a pest of escalating concern in Australia.

Trap cropping is an established technology within many IPM systems for a broad range of

crops. Successful trap crops act as diversionary hosts for key pests, attracting and

Gossypolis a naturally occurring sesquiterpene chemical and a product of secondary metabolism unique to cotton species.

In Australian cotton fields, the eggs, larvae and pupae of Helicoverpa armigera and H. punctigera are attacked by a diverse range of parasitic wasps and flies.

Cotton prices vary for all sorts of reasons including seasonal conditions in major producing countries, exchange rate changes, world economic conditions and of course government subsidies and market distortions.

Catchment, water resources and agricultural management are undergoing significant and difficult change in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin (NMDB).

The development of IPM systems in cotton hinges on the availability of information on a wide range of issues.

Currently, the qualities that are being engineered into cotton relate to crop management issues such as insect-resistance (Frutos et al.

This project arose from the 'Fibre Plus' workshops at Narrabri coordinated by both the Cotton CRC and the CRDC.

The International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) exists to promote the understanding of interactions between organisms and their environment that are mediated by naturally occurring chemicals.

Report and feedback on project progress from peers and relevant industry groups.

Irrigating cotton requires balancing excessive vegetative growth due to abundant water supply against limited yield potential due to water restriction.

The need for a comprehensive and integrated weed identification and management guide for the Australian cotton industry has long been recognised.

The concepts associated with Integrated Pest Management (IPM) are central to insect control and management across the Australian cotton industry.

This is capital item funded by the CRDC to support CRDC funded project CSP140C 'The impact of temperature extremes on cotton performance'.

The cost of running and maintaining cotton experimental trials at ACRI is a cost that has increased over years of research as more trials have evolved.

The Australian industry efforts were reviewed by Dr Patrick Colyer, a plant pathologist with extensive experience in cotton, from Louisiana State University, USA.