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Web Links: Cotton
General resources
University of Sydney Library Catalogue
Some recommended subject headings on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue are:
Australian Resources
Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC)
The Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC) website is hosted by the CSIRO. The site includes tools such as cotton crop agronomy tools and Australian cotton industry meteorological information. CottonLOGIC software for cotton producers, online publications on agronomy, disease, insects, weed and dryland cotton production that are available in HTML or PDF format as well as an internal search engine. Access to some Australian Cotton Conference papers, production-related information, annual reports, and media releases and links to other related sites and search engines are also provided.
Cotton Australia
The homepage for the Cotton Australia Company. Included is background information about the organisation and the Cotton Discovery Centre, a grower's toolkit and cotton facts including the history and uses of cotton, research and technology and statistics. Also included are media releases, industry news, contacts, a publication library, fashion information, best management practices, cotton products, and a kid's section.
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
The Corporation replaced the Cotton Research Council in 1990. The Corporation's website provides information for growers, researchers and the general community. Information is provided on current research programs and research funding. There is general information on Australian cotton as well as publications by the Corporation available online as Word or PDF documents (which will require the Adobe Acrobat Reader). A project search facility and links to other websites are also provided.
International Resources
International Cotton Advisory Committee
The ICAC was established in 1940 and has an international focus, it is concerned with the production, trade and consumption of cotton. The website provides background information on the Committee and offers worldwide statistics on cotton, a range of online publications available through its Secretariat, a publication's subscription service and access to both current and past press releases back to 1995. Information for researchers is provided through the Technical Information Section. Some sections of this website require a user id and password.