AACS

Association of Australian Cotton Scientists

ABARES

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

ACRI

Australian Cotton Research Institute

AFI

Australian Farm Institute

AgriFutures

AgriFutures Australia Ltd

AGWA

Australian Grape and Wine Authority (Wine Australia)

ANTSO

Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

ANU

Australian National University

APEN

Australasia-Pacific Extension Network

APVMA

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

ARLF

Australian Rural Leadership Foundation

ARLP

Australian Rural Leadership Program

AWI

Australian Wool Innovation

BCA

Boyce Chartered Accountants

BMP

Best Management Practices program

Bollgard 3®

Cotton varieties contain three genes resistant to Helicoverpa spp.

Bollgard II®

Cotton varieties contain two genes resistant to Helicoverpa spp.

Bt

Bacillus thuringiensis (crystal protein gene expressed in Bollgard II® and Bollgard 3® cotton varieties, resistant to Helicoverpa spp.)

CA

Cotton Australia

CCA

Crop Consultants Australia Inc.

CGA

Cotton Grower Association

CHDC

Central Highlands Development Corporation

CMSE

CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering

CottonInfo team

Team of regional extension officers, technical leads and myBMP specialists, formed under a joint venture between CRDC, Cotton Australia and CSD

CottonLEADS

Australian and United States program to lead responsible cotton production sustainably

CQ

Central Queensland

CRC

Cooperative Research Centre

CRCNA

Cooperative Research Centre for Northern Australia

CRDC

Cotton Research and Development Corporation

CRRDC

Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations

CRSPI

Climate Research Strategy for Primary Industries

CSD

Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd (a grower-owned cooperative)

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DAWE

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Commonwealth)

DCRA

Dryland Cotton Research Association

DJPR

Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Victoria)

DU

Deakin University

Fusarium wilt

A disease caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV).

FAW

Fall armyworm

GM

Genetically Modified

GRDC

Grains Research and Development Corporation

GU

Griffith University

GVIA

Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association

ha

hectare

Helicoverpa spp.

Cotton’s major insect pests (H. armigera and H. punctigera)

HIA

Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation)

HOC

House of Communications

HRMS

Herbicide Resistance Management Strategy

IoT

Internet of Things

IDM

Integrated Disease Management

IP

Intellectual Property

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IREC

Irrigation Research and Extension Committee

IRMS

Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy

IWM

Integrated Weed Management

KPI

Key Performance Indicator (measure of success)

LCA

Life cycle assessment

LoRaWAN

Low-power long-range network

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

MDB

Murray-Darling Basin

ML

megalitre

MLA

Meat and Livestock Australia

MP

Member of Parliament

MRES

Micro Meteorology Research and Education Services

NCSU

North Carolina State University

NFF

National Farmers’ Federation

NPIRDEF

National Primary Industries RD&E Framework

NRM

Natural Resource Management

NSW DPI

NSW Department of Primary Industries

NTDPIR

Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Resources

PBS

Portfolio Budget Statements

PGPA Act

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PHA

Plant Health Australia

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PIEFA

Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia

PIRD Act

Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

Postdoc

Post-Doctorate

PYIA

Picture You in Agriculture

QAAFI

Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation

QAGOMA

Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art

QDAF

Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

QDES

Queensland Department of Environment and Science

QUT

Queensland University of Technology

R&D

Research and development

RD&E

Research, development and extension

RDC

Rural Research and Development Corporation

REO

Regional Extension Officers

RMIT

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

RMP

Resistance Management Plan

RRDP grants

Rural R&D for Profit grants

SAC

Sustainable Apparel Coalition

spp.

species

TIMS

Transgenic and Insect Management Strategy Committee

UC

University of Canberra

UL

University of Leeds

UM

University of Melbourne

UNE

University of New England

UNSW

University of New South Wales

UQ

University of Queensland

USC

University of the Sunshine Coast

USQ

University of Southern Queensland

USYD

University of Sydney

UTAS

University of Tasmania

UTS

University of Technology, Sydney

UWA

University of Western Australia

UWS

University of Western Sydney

Verticillium wilt

A disease caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae

WHS

Work Health and Safety