Australian Cotton Research Institute Myall Vale (via Narrabri) NSW.

Narrabri: Myall Vale, NSW (Australian Cotton Research Institute)

CSIRO’s Cotton Research Unit at the Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI) near Narrabri, NSW, is CSIRO’s hub of cotton research.

• 26 July 2005

• Summary
• Activities
• Personnel
• Visit us

Summary

CSIRO’s Cotton Research Unit has extensive laboratory, glasshouse and field sites available for cotton research.

The Unit was established in 1972 when CSIRO cotton scientists previously based in Kununurra, in Western Australia, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, and Griffith, in New South Wales, teamed up and moved to Narrabri in the heart of the cotton growing industry in the north-west of New South Wales.

The Australian Cotton Research Institute hosts:

• CSIRO
• NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
• Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC).

Activities

CSIRO’s Cotton Research Unit:

• breeds new cotton varieties with higher yields and better quality fibre
• develops sustainable cropping systems
• improves integrated pest management
• delivers science to agribusiness.

The Unit has contributed significantly to the cotton industry by addressing problems with innovative and practical science.

Personnel

More than 70 CSIRO staff work at the Unit including:

• plant breeders
• entomologists
• agronomists
• software developers
• water and soil scientists
• extension officers.

Visit us

The facility is 25 kilometres west of Narrabri, NSW, on the Wee Waa Road, north-west of Tamworth in northern New South Wales.

The Technology Resource Centre (TRC) of the Cotton CRC is also located at the Australian Cotton Research Institute. 

The TRC is open to the public.

When you visit the TRC, you can receive free copies of resources and tools such as CottonLOGIC.

Read more about our research into Cotton.