This travel scholarship funded the 10th Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposium. The aim of the symposium was to hold a forum and an interactive environment where national and international experts provide new insights in disease control for researchers, students and agricultural industry representatives including cotton and broad acre crops. The theme of the symposium was 'Paddock to Plates' with an emphasis on delivering the new knowledge to practitioners and at the same time to better harness the new scientific tools for the development of effective management options.