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Supported by major sponsors CRDC & CSD, the Association of Australian Cotton Scientists held its fifth biennial Australian Cotton Research Conference this week in Toowoomba.

Final call for partners interested in being part of CRDC's new Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration (ACDC): our $10 million investment into solving cotton diseases. Expressions of interest for potential partners close at 5pm today.

"Conventional wisdom says that a higher yielding crop needs more of the major nutrients than one that's less productive. But what if that's not the case? Researchers are attempting to answer that very question with a three-year project to assess just how much nitrogen and phosphorus is needed by modern cotton cultivars."

Applications are open for two roles within CRDC - one leading the cotton industry's extension program; the other demonstrating the impact of cotton innovation through data.

CRDC has successfully facilitated the commercialisation of ground-breaking research by the University of Southern Queensland’s (UniSQ) Centre for Agricultural Engineering, empowering cotton growers to optimise irrigation scheduling from the crucial first irrigation.

Congratulations to the recipient of the CRDC Chris Lehmann Cotton Young Achiever Award for 2023, announced tonight at the Australian Cotton Industry Awards - fashion designer & founder of label Madi & Pip, Emma Bond.

With CRDC's Executive Director Dr Ian Taylor stepping down from his role later this month, we are pleased to advise that our General Manager, Innovation Allan Williams will be our Acting ED while recruitment is underway.

"The Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) is banking on ambitious efficiency gain targets to drive what it hopes will be a whopping billion dollars of value in the famously innovative sector."

"Nanotechnology for managing plant stress is an emerging field of research that could pay dividends for Australia's cotton growers. Earlier this year, Dr Cong Vu was a winner at the ABARES Science and Innovation Awards and received a grant from CRDC to continue his novel research."