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Cotton bunchy top survey

(Crop Consultants Australia, )

In the autumn of 2011, CRDC identified that the forecast of a second consecutive La Nina year represented a potential disease risk to the cotton industry that was linked to the over-winter management of weeds, ratoon

Travel & Laboratory extension to DAQ1201

Sharman, Murray (Queensland DEEDI, )

The relationship of Cotton leaf roll vitus (CLRV) from Thailand to Cotton leafroll dwarf virus(CLRDV) from Brazil or Cotton bunchy top virus (CBTV) from Australia is unclear as no sequence information is currently pub

Overwinter host plants of Cotton Aphid (Aphis gossypii) and implications for managing abundance and resistance

Smith, Tanya, Wilson, Lewis, Heimoana, Simone, Herron, Grant, Franzmann, Bernie

Key points *Cotton aphid uses a wide range of hosts in winter when cotton is not available. * Farm gardens provide a habitat for cotton aphid especially when conditions are dry.

The Effects of Aphids on Photosynthesis in Cotton

Heimoana, Simone, Wilson, Lewis, Constable, Greg, Fletcher, Robert

The detrimental effect of aphid feeding on plant growth has been reported from various crops around the world (Atakan and Ozgur, 1996; Hille Ris Lambert, 1970; Kimmins, 1986; Lowe, 1967; Miles, 1987).

Real time PCR detection of pirimicarb and organophosphate resistance in Australian field isolates of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii

McLoon, Martin, Herron, Grant

Cotton aphid, Aphis. gossypii is a major pest of Australian cotton due to an ability to develop resistance to the carbamate insecticide Pirimor and organophosphates generally.