Prolonged drought, along with a growing population and projected global warming effects are driving a focus on more efficient management of water in Australia.

If Australia is to maintain its reputation as a consistent supplier of high quality cotton it

will need to ensure that the entire cotton pipeline from growing to ginning and from

The Australian cotton industry generates, on average, over $1.5billion per year in export revenue. About 80 per cent of cotton farms are irrigated and the farms are generally mixed enterprise operations.

Insects can respond to selection pressure by mobilising new defence mechanisms.

Novel approaches to irrigation scheduling are becoming critically important as water resources in the Basin come under increased scrutiny.

) used to support pesticide management decisions at the catchment-scale can deliver environmental protection while retaining farm production benefits.

Irrigated vineyards in Australia have seen extensive adoption of drip irrigation. At the start of this project there was concern about the sustainability of drip irrigation based on previous field observations.

Water management in the cotton industry has continued to be of fundamental importance to sustainability and production.

Investigation allowing for means of better processing long fine Australian cotton and further

improving ginning efficiency was accomplished. Research was conducted in New South

Deep drainage below the root zone is still the least understood component of the water balance, especially in cracking clay soils.

Precision irrigation is still in its infancy both in Australia and internationally.

The cotton industry and other investors have spent millions of dollars on ‘water balance’

related research over the past two decades. While soil water balance models can be used

The theme of the conference centered on organised grower groups and where they fitted in the agricultural research landscape.

Deep drainage below the root zone is still the least understood component of the water balance, especially in cracking clay soils.

The project’s research has developed a new system of soil management. Eight fruitgrowers have set up fruit trees in commercial areas using the system.

Deep drainage(DD) - water that passes beyond the - is an important process in irrigated cropping soils to ensure leaching of salts through the soil profile to deeper soil layers, the vadose zone ( the zone between the

Insecticide resistance represents one of the most significant limitations to successful pest control and economic production in Australian cotton industry.

The introduction of glyphosate tolerant cotton has significantly improved the

flexibility and management of a number of problem weeds in cotton systems.

This project provided for the extension of the Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling System (VISS).

The aims of the project were to determine the effect of selected management practices on

carbon sequestration, soil quality and hydrology, crop agronomy and profitability in irrigated