The Silverleaf whitefly (SLW), Bemisia tabaci Biotype B is a major production constraint in many parts of the world including the USA, Israel and other parts of the Middle East.

Irrigation is an indispensable technology used to augment agricultural production in the semi-and and arid regions. However, poor water management (eg.

Accurate identification is important for the management of all weed species for a range of different reasons including the selection of effective herbicides and implementing timely management before seed set so that p

Cotton fibres, or lint, are very long single cells containing almost pure cellulose. The fibres develop in the weeks after flowering from single cells on the surface of the young seed.

Cotton aphids are a potential problem for future cotton systems.

It was May of 1984 while living in Japan; I received a call that our company had bought George H. MCFadden Co. I was told we had a 50% ownership in a gin in Australia and I was to go check it out ASAP.

One step in the production of transgenic cotton is the regeneration of whole plants from undifferentiated cells (calli) in which the gene of interest has been inserted.

The Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy (IRMS) for cotton is designed to manage insecticide use, maintain the susceptibility of pest species to insecticides and to manage resistance where it already exists so t

Australian cotton is viewed worldwide as a quality fibre and generally performs as expected.

The over reliance on, and widespread use of, synthetic insecticides has led to resistance, increased concerns about the long term environmental impacts, and public health issues (Smart et al 1994).

In modem society there has never been more emphasis placed on the accuracy and reliability of spatial information used for management of natural resources.

Bollgard II is simply cotton with better control of Helicoverpa and the same principles of management apply to Bollgard II as for conventional cotton.

Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and H. punctigera (Wallengren, commonly called heIiothis, have historically been the primary focus of cotton pest management in Australia (Fitt 1994; 2000).

Typically the fungus Thielaviopsis basicola, the casual organism for black root rot, is generally considered to be widespread in both cultivated and uncultivated soils; surveys were conducted in the catchments surroun

Uptakes of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, zinc, manganese, iron and copper were measured in an experiment evaluating nutrition of cotton in a newly developed field.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Vasinfectum (Fov) is considered the most destructive pathogen of cotton in Australia. In this study, BC3 progenies of chromosome addition lines between G.

The Assassin Bug, Pristhesancus plagipennis is a natural enemy with considerable promise for controlling HeIiothis (Helicoverpa spp.) and mirids in cotton.

Growers need to monitor soil and plant nutrient status, on a field-by field basis in order to manage soil fertility and avoid nutritional stress to their cotton crops.

While the importance of biodiversity in ecosystem function has been accepted for some time (Tilman & Downing 1994), only recently has the relative importance of the diversity of functional characteristics of t

Central Queensland currently enjoys an ascochyta blight free status, however the use of chickpeas as a winter trap crop has created a potential risk for the introduction of the disease.