The Leaf Chamber Fluorometer is an exciting new addition to the physiological instrumentation available to the scientists at ACRI.

This project has produced data which confirmed past findings of the robustness of cotton to compensate for levels of insect damage exceeding those of current industry thresholds for Helicoverpa and mirids.

Historically, green mirids are common pests of seedling cotton but not during fruit set and green vegetable bugs(GVB) are rarely a problem.

The development of decision support systems to assist cotton growers is a key part of

facilitating sustainable cotton cropping within Integrated Pest Management principles.

Damage caused by chewing and sucking pests does not necessarily lead to a yield loss in cotton.