Key partners and alliances

• Cotton CRC, Cotton Research and Development Corporation; Grains Research and Development Corporation; for support of work carried out at this institute.
  
• Australian Cotton Growers Research Association (ACGRA) and Cotton Consultants Association (CCA); most cotton and grain growers provide sites for research.
  
• The CSIRO Cotton Research Unit (Divisions of Plant Industry and Entomology) shares facilities at the Australian Cotton Research Institute and there is extensive collaboration on site with NSW DPI.

Other partners and alliances

• CSIRO and Queensland Department or Primary Industries & Fisheries in soybean breeding work linked to Sugar Research and Development Corporation and private industry
  
• South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Department of Agriculture Western Australia (DAWA), Department of Agriculture Victoria (DAV) and International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in faba bean breeding project linked to industry (Pulse Australia) through the National Pulse Breeding Program.
  
• DeltaPine Ltd. allows NSW DPI scientists to collaborate with DeltaPine Research and breeding program on research and extension activities of common interest.
  
• NativeFire Pty Ltd: alliance developed by NSW DPI to establish a collaborative project between NativeFire and NSW DPI to develop plant extracts for cotton pest management.
  
• Spray Adjuvants Company of Australia (SACOA): allows NSW DPI scientists to evaluate SACOA Petroleum oil products against cotton pests.
  
• Becker-Underwood Alliance: allows NSW DPI integrated pest management (IPM) team to test fungal isolates developed by Becker Underwood.
  
• Growth Agriculture Alliance: allows Growth Agriculture to co invest in Cotton CRC and NSW DPI Semiochemical project
  
• Syngenta Alliance: allows NSW DPI Pathology team to test fungal products developed by Syngenta.
  
• Dupont alliance: allows NSW DPI to screen Dupont products for resistance against pests
  
• Pioneer Seeds Alliance: allows NSW DPI to collaborate with Pioneer seeds
  
• University of Queensland Alliance: allows Dr Nilantha Hullugale and Dr Robert Mensah to collaborate in Ph.D student supervision
  
• University of Western Sydney Alliance: allows Dr Robert Mensah to collaborate in Ph.D student supervision
  
• Griffith University Alliance: allows Dr Nilantha Hullugale to collaborate in Ph.D student supervision.
  
• University of New England Alliance: allows NSW DPI scientists at ACRI to lecture and collaborate in Ph.D student supervision
  
• Southern Cross University Alliance: allows Dr Robert Mensah to collaborate with SCU's Centre of Pharmacology and Phytochemistry to develop semiochemical products against cotton pests