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Review of the Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry logo
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Review of the Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The cotton industry biosecurity plan was last reviewed in 2015. This project will review the plan in order to identify: cotton's highest risk exotic pests; established pests and weeds of biosecurity significance; risk mitigation activities to reduce potential biosecurity threats, including farm level activities; and current current surveillance and diagnostic...

1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Validation and implementation of new molecular tools for Bt Resistance monitoring logo
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Validation and implementation of new molecular tools for Bt Resistance monitoring

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Resistance in the cotton pest Helicoverpa spp. is a great threat to the continued availability and efficacy of Bollgard 3 cotton. This project supports a partnership with Monsanto Australia and CSIRO to continue resistance research.

1 Sep 2021 - 30 Aug 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Developing proactive approaches to IPM in cotton production systems logo
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Developing proactive approaches to IPM in cotton production systems

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project is driven by the current use of pesticides in the cotton industry and the identified need to develop feasible sustainability targets in order to better report on environmental performance. The most common cotton pests managed with seed treatments or by spraying are mirids, thrips,...

1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Novel options and strategies for integrated pest management in Australian cotton logo
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Novel options and strategies for integrated pest management in Australian cotton

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project is a collaboration between Crop Consultants Australia (CCA) and IPM Technologies to research and implement new Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies in the Australian cotton industry. CCA is the professional association of cotton and broadacre agronomists in QLD and NSW. IPM Technologies is a Victorian-based company that brings...

1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations: Florabank workshops logo
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Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations: Florabank workshops

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations project builds on international best practice to implement and develop cutting-edge technologies such as drone mapping, aerial seeding, acoustic monitoring and big data to help the Australian cotton industry better understand, report on and improve on-farm biodiversity. It is funded under the National Landcare Program’s...

1 May 2021 - 31 Oct 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations: Creating a legacy for biodiversty management research: The social science perspective logo
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Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations: Creating a legacy for biodiversty management research: The social science perspective

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations project builds on international best practice to implement and develop cutting-edge technologies such as drone mapping, aerial seeding, acoustic monitoring and big data to help the Australian cotton industry better understand, report on and improve on-farm biodiversity. It is funded under the National Landcare Program’s...

1 Jun 2021 - 30 Nov 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations: Creating a legacy for biodiversity management research: Grower engagement logo
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Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations: Creating a legacy for biodiversity management research: Grower engagement

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Cotton Landcare Tech Innovations project builds on international best practice to implement and develop cutting-edge technologies such as drone mapping, aerial seeding, acoustic monitoring and big data to help the Australian cotton industry better understand, report on and improve on-farm biodiversity. It is funded under the National Landcare Program’s...

1 Jun 2021 - 30 Nov 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Understanding the environmental co-benefits of irrigation water in the northern Murray-Darling Basin logo
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Understanding the environmental co-benefits of irrigation water in the northern Murray-Darling Basin

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project will investigate the ecological outcomes of water delivered for irrigation to watercourses in the northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). Effects of irrigation water are not currently considered in existing environmental accounting or monitoring and evaluation frameworks for this region. Consequently, possible ecological benefits of irrigation flows are poorly understood....

1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Building profitable farming systems for the future through increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) and optimising water use efficiency (WUE) in a changing climate logo
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Building profitable farming systems for the future through increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) and optimising water use efficiency (WUE) in a changing climate

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project, delivered by the Dryland Cotton Research Association, recognises that improving the reliability of dryland and limited water cropping system production is an ever present challenge in a future of increased temperatures and sporadic rainfall. It will investigate tactics integral to the future farming system: cover cropping, accumulation of...

1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Integrated tick management communications logo
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Integrated tick management communications

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The management of ticks is critical for livestock production, with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) estimating that the annual on-farm cost of cattle ticks to the Australian industry is approximately $146m. This project will deliver six practical, producer-facing articles and relevant images to inform producers about integrated tick management. The...

24 Sep 2021 - 17 May 2022

New South Wales, Australia