December 06 - January 07: Vol. 27, No. 7

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Contents
6 Setting the record straight on cotton’s water use
8 Wanted alive: Large Helicoverpa larvae from Bollgard II plants
12 Your crop has just received spray drift! — What do you do now?
16 Delving deeper into the high yielding crops
 
Irrigation feature
23 Water Matters — Variable application of irrigation water
28 Furrow evaluation improves irrigation efficiency
34 Irrigation trials target improved efficiency on the Downs
36 Measuring and maximising water use efficiency
38 Tracking water on irrigation farms
   
46 Major upgrade for cotton nutrition tools
48 Efficient use of Nitrogen fertilisers
53 Managing for crop maturity
57 Relative profitability of irrigated cotton rotation systems in NSW
60 How will the drought affect Helicoverpa resistance management?
64 Canopy common factor in highest grossing cotton crops
 
Leading edge
66 Future energy could start down on the farm
   
Regular features
2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup
   
Marketing
40 World Commodity Watch
42 The World Cotton Market
44 New York Futures
   
68 Classic Tractor Tales: Big tractors — So what’s new?
72 Germinating Ideas
75 News & New Products
77 District Reports


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