December 03 - January 04: Vol. 24, No. 7

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Contents
8 Resistance to Bt toxins in Helicoverpa armigera
12 Pythium comes in from the cold
16 Fire ants: An invader we don't want in cotton
   
Irrigation feature
18 HydroLOGIC guides furrow irrigation decisions
22 Reducing dam evaporation: Grasping the Holy Grail
24 System capacity the key for overhead irrigators
28 Methods for measuring deep drainage
32 Water meter, water mate
34 Better water efficiency by design
36 Doing better with what we have: The art of surface irrigation
   
50 Can high yield potential crops recover from pest damage?
52 Pacific damsel bug: Friend or foe?
58 Monitoring important for early season management
 
Leading edge
60 Bringing satellites to earth for better crop estimates
62 Ag engineering in action at Bourke
   
64 Anatomy of a problem weed: Polymeria take-all
   
Regular features
2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup
   
Marketing
40 World Commodity Watch
42 World Cotton Market
44 New York Futures
47 Phasing out the Multi-fibre Agreement
   
68 Classic Tractor Tales: The first tractor engines
72 Germinating Ideas
74 News & New Products
76 District Reports


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