This Travel sponsorship suuported Dr Sharwood to travel to Lubbock Texas USA to meet with Dr Paxton Payton and Dr James Mahan at the USDA-ARS to begin collaborative research to determine the interactive effects of wat

Experience in the cotton industry in Australia demonstrates significant sensitivity to climate factors in terms of yield and yield variability, quality, water availability, pest and weed issues, input costs and natura

The detrimental effect of aphid feeding on plant growth has been reported from various crops around the world (Atakan and Ozgur, 1996; Hille Ris Lambert, 1970; Kimmins, 1986; Lowe, 1967; Miles, 1987).

Choosing the best time of sowing in a particular region can often be difficult, as it is a decision that must strike a balance between sowing too early and enduring problems associated with cold weather or sowing too

Earlier maturity in cotton would counteract increasing production costs and facilitate the expansion of cotton production into areas with shorter growing seasons.