The primary aim of this project is to determine whether inexpensive Drones (UAVs) can be used to detect and define early stage VW in cotton.

The purpose of the travel was to attend the 12th International Verticillium Symposium held in Ljubljana, Slovenia where presentions were made by two Australian researchers on the update on the defoliating strain of Ve

Diseases of Cotton XI project aimed to increase Australia’s biosecurity preparedness through

early detection by completing annual disease surveillance on commercial cotton farms,

Australian cotton growers are exposed to and manage a variety of cotton diseases.

Verticillium dahliae is a highly destructive fungal pathogen that causes an annual global product loss in cotton of 20%.