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Australian Participation in the European Union Product Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board logo
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Australian Participation in the European Union Product Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The EU has, since 2015, been developing an life cycle assessment (LCA)-based approach for assessing the environmental impact of consumer goods, including textiles. Product Environment Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) have the broad aim of ensuring that any environmental claims made about a product are based on a common methodology allowing...

30 Sep 2019 - 30 Dec 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Innovation, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

PhD: Sustainable value chain analysis of the Australian cotton industry logo
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PhD: Sustainable value chain analysis of the Australian cotton industry

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Australian cotton industry is committed to on-farm sustainability. However, as the raw material goes through value-adding stages in global textile and apparel industries, it is uncertain how ‘sustainable value’ is transferred to the final product. This investment supports the first sustainable value chain analysis of Australian cotton, identifies sustainable...

16 Jul 2018 - 15 Jul 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Honours: Baselining river water nitrogen compounds in the Murrumbidgee irrigation district logo
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Honours: Baselining river water nitrogen compounds in the Murrumbidgee irrigation district

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This investment supports water sampling in the Murrumbidgee River to determine nitrogen loads as part of the cotton industry commitment to water quality.

11 Feb 2019 - 15 Dec 2019

New South Wales, Australia

University of New South Wales (UNSW), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

Cotton production course logo
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Cotton production course

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Cotton Production Course is the only university-level qualification specialising in cotton production. Over the past 10 years, 630 students have enroled in the course at the University of New England, with support from the former Cotton Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) and CRDC. The course is delivered at undergraduate and...

1 Jan 2020 - 20 Jun 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New England (UNE), Griffiths Agriculture

Evaluation of relative damage caused by two-spotted mite, bean spider mite and strawberry mite in cotton logo
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Evaluation of relative damage caused by two-spotted mite, bean spider mite and strawberry mite in cotton

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Historically, two-spotted spider mites were the dominant mite species in cotton production and the focus of research. The widespread uptake of Bt cotton and overall reduction in sprays has led to increased abundance of strawberry spider mite and bean spider mite. This investment seeks to understand the distribution and relative...

1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2019

New South Wales, Australia

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

Honours: Soil Coalescence & compaction in southern NSW logo
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Honours: Soil Coalescence & compaction in southern NSW

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Sub-surface coalescence/compaction can significantly limit yields of all broad acre crops but there is limited understanding of whether it is a soil-specific phenomenon, or if it is influenced by irrigation and land management. This investment will examine the impact of irrigation and management on soil compaction and coalescence using paired...

1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Summers Scholarships: Understanding capacity of aerial seed banks in revegetation of abandoned farming areas in an agroecological landscape logo
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Summers Scholarships: Understanding capacity of aerial seed banks in revegetation of abandoned farming areas in an agroecological landscape

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

A number of cropping areas in the northern Murray-Darling basin are becoming more marginal, and in some areas, active cropping has been abandoned. This investment studies the relative contribution of aerial seeds to revegetation of previously cropped land. This research will indicate the likely contribution and importance of patches of...

2 Dec 2019 - 3 Mar 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Griffith University, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Summers Scholarships: Can insects spread cotton plant diseases in Australia? logo
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Summers Scholarships: Can insects spread cotton plant diseases in Australia?

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Verticillium wilt is a major disease in Australian cotton production systems. This investment will assess the potential for insects to act as vectors for Verticillium through ingestion of conidia and subsequent excretion of viable conidia in faeces.

13 Jan 2020 - 6 Mar 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), The University of Sydney (USYD)

Summers Scholarships: HydraSpectra - turning passive to active - Economic Thresholds for nitrogen deficiency logo
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Summers Scholarships: HydraSpectra - turning passive to active - Economic Thresholds for nitrogen deficiency

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This investment will investigate the use of halogen lighting to illuminate cotton plants for analysis using the HydraSpectra system with the aim of determining if the system can be used for early detection of nitrogen deficiency.

25 Nov 2019 - 31 Jan 2020

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Agri-intelligence in Cotton production Systems - Stage 1 logo
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Agri-intelligence in Cotton production Systems - Stage 1

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Agri-intelligence describes the seamless integration of knowledge across the value chain, systems science and digital technologies to help farming enterprises to make best use of agronomic, environmental and economic data to improve management practices and assist profitable and sustainable business operations. This investment will map on-farm decision requirements and relevant...

1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT)