The &quote;Diseases of Cotton&quote; projects have run since 1984 and have played a key role in monitoring the emergence and decline of cotton diseases over time, often following the adoption of new technologi

While the southern valleys of NSW present a great opportunity for expansion of the cotton industry, they also present unique challenges from a plant disease perspective.

Plant parasitic nematodes are serious pathogens of cotton worldwide and have potential to increase the severity of vascular wilts.

The severity of diseases caused by species of Fusarium is often increased by high rainfall and cool temperatures (Neal, 1947; Sharma and Sharma, 2003; Wang et al., 1999; Young, 1947).

Travel to the USA to attend the Fusarium 2005 workshop at Kansas State University, and to accompany representatives of the Australian cotton industry on a cotton disease study tour of the USA.