Australian Cotton Production Manual - 2011
Cotton CRC Development and Delivery Team & Australian Cotton Researchers
Incorporating Dryland Cotton Production Guide and Irrigation Information

All chapters revised from 2010.  New chapters indicated by*

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           Foreword KEN FLOWER 
           Development & Delivery Team   
           Cotton industry organisations   
           Introduction MIKE BANGE
Ch 1.  myBMP JIM WARK
Ch 2.  Dryland cotton MIKE BANGE
Ch 3.  Crop economics FIONA SCOTT & JANINE POWELL
Ch 4.  Machinery requirements  PETER HUGHES
Ch 5.  On-farm energy use CRAIG BAILLIE
Ch 6.  Precision Agriculture in cotton farming systems ANDREW SMART &BROOKE SAUER
Ch 7.  Managing for fibre quality  MIKE BANGE
             a)  Field selection & preparation DALLAS KING, NILANTHA HULUGALLE & TRACEY LEVEN
             b)  Row configurations DAVID KELLY
             c) Crop establishment JAMES QUINN & DAVID KELLY 
             d) Crop growth stages JAMES QUINN & DAVID KELLY
             e) Varietal selections ROBERT EVELEIGH
             f)  Biotechnology traits STEVE AINSWORTH
Ch 8.  Crop rotations  DALLAS KING
Ch 9.  Crop nutrition & soil health  DUNCAN WEIR
Ch 10.  a) Crop water use  LANCE PENDERGAST 
              b) Whole farm water balance  JIM PURCELL*
Ch 11.  Alternative irrigation systems   – Centre Pivot & Lateral Moves  – Subsurface drip irrigation  – Bankless irrigation systems LANCE PENDERGAST *
Ch 12.  Spray applications BILL GORDON *
Ch 13.  Weed management JAMES HILL
Ch 14.  Reducing pesticide use – saves costs RHIANNON SMITH *
Ch 15.  Insect & mite management SALLY CEENEY & JAMES HILL
Ch 16.  Disease management SUSAN MAAS
Ch 17.  Preparing your crop for harvest  JAMES HILL
Ch 18.  Harvesting & delivering uncontaminated cotton JAMES HILL
Ch 19.  Managing cotton stubble/residues  DALLAS KING & IAN ROCHESTER
Ch 20.  Marketing options   JANINE POWELL
Ch 21.  Ginning   MIKE BANGE
Ch 22.  Classing JANINE POWELL 
              Glossary Acronyms

  
Australian Cotton Production Manual 2011
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