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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)

IPM Technical Lead and Pest Management for High Yield Research logo
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IPM Technical Lead and Pest Management for High Yield Research

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project investigates whether previous recommendations for fruit retention in cotton are compatible with the pursuit of very high yields. It tests the validity of assumptions regarding advice frequently provided for the management of early to mid-season pests and determines the limitations or capacity for timely crop compensation when the...

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

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

Improved management of weeds in cotton and grains farming systems logo
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Improved management of weeds in cotton and grains farming systems

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Australian cotton industry has had a history of an effective Integrated Weed Management (IWM) system with the widespread use of a range of weed control tactics including residual and knockdown herbicides, tillage and chipping. However, effective weed control is increasingly challenged by the emergence of glyphosate tolerant and resistant...

1 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

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

The use of area wide management, IPM, detergents and oils for the suppression of whitefly population in cotton for the reduced reliance and use of chemical controls logo
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The use of area wide management, IPM, detergents and oils for the suppression of whitefly population in cotton for the reduced reliance and use of chemical controls

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The aim of this project was to review whitefly management strategies that have been used in the northern growing regions and extend this work for the south. The project looked at use of commercial detergents and crop oils and drone parasitoid releases applied throughout the cotton season to help suppress...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Elders Griffith, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Summit Ag, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [VIC]

Resistance research and monitoring to enhance stewardship of Bt cotton and management of Helicoverpa spp. logo
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Resistance research and monitoring to enhance stewardship of Bt cotton and management of Helicoverpa spp.

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project continued a long-term program monitoring resistance in field populations of Helicoverpa spp. to enable the industry to respond to emerging issues related to Bt resistance. During 2017/18, F1 screens were used to assess populations of H. armigera and H. punctigera with no increase being found, over time, in...

1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

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