- Inside Cotton Home
- →
- CRDC Final Reports
- →
- 2017 Final Reports
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
2017 Final Reports
Browse by
Recent Submissions
-
(Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 2017-06)The project focused on aspects of farm hygiene as it relates to crop protection within cotton farming systems, while also providing regional extension support in Central Queensland. Specifically this project addressed ...
-
(Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 2016-11)The AgFutures – Innovation and Investment Conference was held on the 22-23 November 2016 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. AgFutures was the first Queensland conference focusing on future technology in ...
-
(Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 2017)Central Queensland is geographically and climatically distinct from Australia’s other cotton production regions and as such presents both opportunities and challenges for cotton production and the farming system. This ...
-
(CSIRO Land and Water, 2017-06-30)In furrow irrigated cotton production systems the application of nitrogen fertiliser is required for high yielding crops. If excessive nitrogen fertiliser is added then nitrous oxide is produced. The results show that ...
-
(Vogel Consulting, 2017-06-30)This project built on the past decade of investment in NRM research by providing a National NRM technical specialist who lead and assisted the industry develop and implement annual national CottonInfo NRM campaigns, ...
-
(University of Southern Queensland, 2017-10-12)To demonstrate the influence of the diesel engine’s speed over the energy consumption and performance of large lateral move (LM) irrigation machines, 10 field tests were conducted on four LMs on the Darling Downs of South ...
-
(Walgett Cotton Growers Assocation, 2017-05-31)
-
(Magenta Haze Pty Ltd, 2017-05-31)When I received a call at 8.30pm one evening I had no idea where this “Cold Call” would lead. It was from a drainage contractor working in Hanwood near Griffith. They were changing over many of the open concrete channels ...
-
(University of Southern Queensland, 2017-06-30)The herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is one of the most successful selective herbicides used in agriculture to control broadleaf weeds. Unfortunately, cotton crops are highly susceptible to 2,4-D, and they ...
-
PhD: Evolution of viral diversity and virus ecology in the management of resistance to bipesticides (Queensland University of Technology, 2017-07-30)The Nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPV) are dsDNA invertebrate-specific obligate pathogens of the insect orders Lepidoptera, Hymenopteran and Dipteran belonging to the family Baculoviridae (Baculovirus). An NPV consists of a ...
-
(The University of Queensland, 2020)Green mirids, Creontiades dilutus (Hemiptera, Miridae), are polyphagous bugs and are endemic to Australia. These bugs feed on a variety of plant species that grow across massive expanses of subcoastal agricultural landscapes ...
-
(The University of Queensland, 2017-04-01)The Green Vegetable Bug, Nezara viridula, has recently become a more significant pest of Australian cotton but it is not a problem every season. This project addressed aspects of the multiple host use and movement of N. ...
-
(McKenzie Soil Management Pty Ltd, 2017-06-30)The successful SOILpak concept was developed in 1986, but the most recent version of the manual (‘SOILpak for Cotton Growers: Third edition’, 1998, and the accompanying Pocket Notes) is now eighteen years old. Valuable ...
-
(Vogel Consulting, 2017-06-30)This project funding supported a review of the research and development investments within its Responsible Landscape Management Theme bringing together a group of CRDC investment researchers, growers and industry. A ...
-
(The University of Queensland, 2018-06-30)This travel scholarship enable one researcher from the University of Queensland to attend the bi-annual Australian Cotton Research Conference to present the final results of the researchers study of the green vegetable ...
-
(CottonInfo Team, 2017-06-30)Cotton Mealybugs have moved south from Central Queensland with confirmed sightings on the Darling Downs and in the Macintyre Valley in January and February 2017. This funding enabled the district growers to engage in both ...
-
(Plant Health Australia, 2017-06-30)National Plant Biosecurity RD&E Strategy • Endorsed by PIMC December 2013 • Implementation Committee formed August 2014 • Cross sectorial strategy so no direct RDC to report to • PHA provides Chair, Strategy Leader and ...
-
(CSIRO, 2017-12-31)Fibre elongation contributes directly to yarn elongation and toughness, which are important particularly in fine count yarn spinning and realised yarn quality. Despite the importance of fibre elongation its measurement has ...
-
(Vogel Consulting, 2017-06-30)CRDC 2013-2018 Strategic R&D Plan under its Responsible Landscape Management theme, outlines the industries desire to lead in managing natural resources and be recognized for its leadership in environmental performance. ...
-
(Roth Rural, 2017-06-30)The 'Tales from Cotton' Tour was designed as a cross-sector shared learning experience between the cotton and dairy industries on water and energy use efficiency. The event was an activity of the Smarter Irrigation for ...