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Sustainable SLW management through improved insect resistance monitoring logo
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Sustainable SLW management through improved insect resistance monitoring

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Silverleaf whitefly (SLW) honeydew causes sticky cotton and discolouration, which threaten the cotton industry’s profitability and reputation for high quality fibre. Current Integrated Pest Management (IPM) measures rely on conventional insecticides, but misuse promotes rapid resistance development. To assist responsible use of insecticides, this project monitors the resistance of SLW...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

Sustainable insect management through improved insect resistance monitoring logo
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Sustainable insect management through improved insect resistance monitoring

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project focuses on resistance surveillance for sustainable management of chewing and sucking pests. While the introduction of Bt cotton reduces dependence on insecticides for Helicoverpa armigera, prominent secondary pests (aphids, mites and mirids) must be targeted as over-reliance on important insecticidal classes, such for indoxacarb, has led to the...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Modern Systems Agronomy for Resilient Cotton Production logo
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Modern Systems Agronomy for Resilient Cotton Production

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

A key challenge for the cotton industry is to minimise climate-induced year to year production variability and maintain existing lint quality. In addition, an industry-led strategic imperative targets a significant increase in productivity and profitability within 5 years. This project aims to address these strategic needs by increasing research capacity...

1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

PhD: Building climate change resilience in cotton through translational physiology logo
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PhD: Building climate change resilience in cotton through translational physiology

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This PhD project determines the impact of extreme climates on plant photosynthesis. It generates temperature dependency data, including biochemistry and physiology of CO2 assimilation. Differences in the photosynthesis of cotton species from different parts of the globe have been analysed under glasshouse and field conditions against climates of origin and...

27 Feb 2017 - 31 Aug 2020

Victoria, Australia

Australian National University (ANU), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Innovative solutions to cotton diseases logo
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Innovative solutions to cotton diseases

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project focuses on a review to quantify persistent disease issues associated with cotton production. It then identifies suitable products for disease management and develops strategies that incorporate all registered products. It will look at commercially available products not registered on cotton, and experimental control agents. They will be screened...

1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Ready to use soil test to manage black root rot risks logo
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Ready to use soil test to manage black root rot risks

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Black root rot is an important disease in seedling cotton, especially in cooler regions. This project looks to validate a pre-plant predictive test to quantify and correlate disease symptoms in the field, and gain insights into the cause of the disease. Such a tool would enable growers to detect disease...

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Microbiology Labs Aust, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC

Reducing the impact of weather, insects and microbes on cotton colour logo
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Reducing the impact of weather, insects and microbes on cotton colour

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Cotton colour an important buying factor. Discoloured cotton attracts penalties that reduce its value, but the relationship between lint colour and fibre quality degradation is unknown. This project investigates how honeydew and sooty mould fungi affect quality, and how fungicides minimise lint discolour from dark fungal spores. It follows samples...

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

Improved management of silverleaf whitefly on cotton farms logo
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Improved management of silverleaf whitefly on cotton farms

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project was developed in response to industry concern that advice developed in Central Queensland for the management of silverleaf whitefly was not adequate for other regions. It is revising the action thresholds (notably the threshold matrix) and sampling protocols for adults and nymphs based on population dynamics studies. The...

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Biological based products for improved cotton production logo
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Biological based products for improved cotton production

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Better controls are needed to limit cotton losses from Verticillium and Fusarium wilt diseases. This project aims to: find and improve microbial strains (from cotton farms) to control Verticillium and Fusarium in glasshouses and fields; develop ways to harness plant-microbiome interactions to control disease; and identify next-generation (genomics and satellite-based)...

1 Jul 2018 - 1 Mar 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Western Sydney University (WSU), Chr Hansen Limited, Bioplatform, Colorado State University, Dr R Devadas Consultant, Commonwealth Scien...

Southern Cotton Crop Protection (including CottonInfo Disease Technical Lead and myBMP module lead) logo
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Southern Cotton Crop Protection (including CottonInfo Disease Technical Lead and myBMP module lead)

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Regional conditions and the shorter cotton growing season found in southern NSW and Victoria require different crop protection approaches to those used further north. In response to these needs, this project brings expertise in disease and invertebrate pest research to the region, appointing a new cotton pathologist to the south....

1 Jul 2018 - 29 Oct 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)