Abstract:
The Spring edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, provides growers and the wider industry with all the latest R&D news and information as the 2013-14 crop is planted. In this edition, learn about measuring Bt resistance success one season at a time; find out more about the new nemesis for rogue cotton; and read about what you can do to help guard against herbicide resistance.
Description:
COTTON CREATES EXCITEMENT IN QLD SCHOOLS . . . 3
INDUSTRY IMPROVED BY GETTING BACKTO GRASS ROOTS . . . 5
GRANTS HELP GROWERS . . . 6
STEPPING OUT OF THE DRIVER’S SEAT . . . 7
CRDC ready FOR THE CHALLENGE . . . 8
HOW DID THEY GET TO THIS? . . . 10
HERBICIDE RESISTANCE: IT’S EVERYONE’S ISSUE…11
IS SOWTHISTLE NEXT? . . . 13
OFF-FARM VOLUNTEER COTTON: A LOCAL THREAT . . . 14
COTTON ACTION PLAN . . . 15
ROGUE COTTON HAS A NEW NEMESIS . . .16
NO REFUGE FOR BOLLGARD II VOLUNTEERS . . .17
Bt RESISTANCE: Measuring success one
season at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
‘MOST VALUABLE’ INFORMATION RESOURCE . . . 20
PIGEON PEA REFUGES – A SMART CHOICE FOR RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT . . . 21
MAINTAINING & IMPROVING PIGEON PEA REFUGES . . . 23
TESTING CANOPY SENSORSFOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING . . 24
RAINING DOLLARS . . . 25
WATERpak : ONE-STOP SHOP FOR WATER
MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION INFORMATION . . . 25
STUDY TO ASSESS WATER CONNECTIVITY IN THE CONDAMINE . . .27
NORTHERN BASIN: 2015 AND BEYOND . . . 28
A RIPARIAN REGENERATION . . .29
EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY AT MOREE . . .30
RESEARCH WELL UNDERWAY .. . 31
FLYING HIGH DOWN SOUTH . . .31
SPECIALIST ON BOARD TO NAVIGATE A CARBON FARMING FUTURE . . . 32
