Travel to attend the 12th Cotton Conference, Gold Coast, August 2004. Abstract presented as a poster at the conference.

Our new project on studying Thielaviopsis basicola-cotton interactions was presented in this conference series for the first time. I was invited by the conference organisers to present this topic in a poster and to include a summary in the conference proceedings. This hopefully enhanced the recognition of the project by other cotton researchers and industry and possibly enhanced collaborations with other researchers working on cotton disease.

In addition, I enhanced my knowledge on the current status of cotton in Australia, the needs of the industry and what other researchers are working on.